American Society of Dowsers Blog

Cats, Dogs & People

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:30:00 GMT

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

APRIL '26 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

TREASURE HUNTING MANUAL FOR DOWSERS

CATS, DOGS & PEOPLE

BY LOUIS MATACIA

You will learn, unless you already know, how true the following words will become your axiom!

"The more you begin to know about people, the more you are going to LOVE YOUR DOG!" The reason, "DOGS DON'T LIE ABOUT LOVE!" (Read the book with the same title). In fact, if you haven't already developed a self-educational program, I.E. the natural sciences formatted in: Videos, CDs, cassettes, books, etc. Then it is never too late to begin. You will find this information fun to learn and will possibly help you survive the problems and surprises you may encounter in the treasure hunting adventures.

Review those morning ideas (especially treasure oriented one), for the knowledge they contain to guide you through your present and future life. Many times, I will wake in the night, my thoughts like the projections of an old movie flicking through my mind. At times like this I immediately get up and start recording my thoughts before they are lost to time. These early morning thoughts are answers to the questions when you went to sleep.

Anyone who is going to walk in the woods, the plains, mountains, beach, swamps, along the river, must accept this inner thrust for knowledge of secrets, accelerated by the desire to know the answers. The knowledge is there for you to receive and absorb. YOU CANNOT ATTEMPT TO HUNT TREASURES UNLESS YOU KNOW HOW TO EXIST WITH THE BEINGS THAT ARE ENCOMPASSING AND WANDERING ABOUT YOUR FIELD OF SEARCHES OR DISCOVERY. If you think you are going for a Sunday Walk in the woods, then you are going to suffer many human assumptions. The best way I know for you to accept the explorer haunts is by true life examples and experiences.

CATS

Before specifics, I hope you are at the age of the outdoors person. That is you enjoy the outdoors by the way of hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, canoeing, skiing, boating, trail riding on horseback, even taking your dog for a hike in the mountains. Large cats do exist in the forest, and they know immediately when you enter their domain. They are exceptionally psychic by nature. In fact, one hunter was tracking a large cat and before he knew what was going on, the cat was stalking him! He turned his head in time to see the cat and shoot before the cat was upon him. Be alert and attentive on the trail and stop often to observe 360 degrees to receive and absorb feelings from the land, visible and invisible.

Treasure hunting will take you into and among the animals that inhabit the region: You must be acquainted with the HABITEE or you will become the VICTIMEE from the Grantor's sacred home place.

One of the best ways to find information about the region during this trespass, it to begin at the internet or the library and check out all subjects. Any large parks in the region will have printed materials of life within the park area. This will provide immediate information on the area you are to visit.

Now you are ready for the second phase of your chose activity. Collect information through travel, talk to friends with outdoor field experiences. This will prepare you for treasure hunting, to be enjoyed to the fullest and without surprises. Without a plan of action, many people will become bored with the wilderness very quickly. Once you begin this self-study of nature, geology, history and all the sciences, then you will absorb the full life in the fields, streams, and forest. Life in the woods is a non-ending educational study. Accept and give this to yourself at any cost. What is stored upon the MIND is permanent forever.

DOGS

There are so many dogs in the nation, that you naturally place "dogs" on the top of your "get to know list." Without a doubt, this will be the most encountered domesticated creature that you will run into in every phase of your treasure hunt. Dogs have become a real nuisance and out of control in our American way of living. I have estimated that not a part of the day ever passes that you do not encounter a defense of the dog by your senses, good or hostile. They have been invited into your way of life to a very high degree and all treasure hunters WILL ADJUST to the dog 100% of his entire life. Sooner or later, you will experience many of the positive, negative or iterations of these animals during your daily or night recon trips.

I personally encounter many breeds of dogs throughout the day while land surveying. Once, while surveying a townhouse, they owner had three dogs locked in his home. All three dogs barking and exhibiting a great delight in clamping their jaws, (all 750 Ibs. per square inch) onto any portion of my body.

There are three videos by the Discovery Channel, titled A Dog's Life: "A Dog's Secret", "Our Best Friends", "The Language of Dogs". This will introduce you quickly to the technology of the subject, but that is not enough. Dogs do and will interrupt your search for treasure more than any one animal besides the human! Do not TRUST THE DOGS you meet in the field. My dowser friend and teacher for three years, told me how dogs know all things. Ray knew a man that converse with dogs. A circle of friends had a meeting, whereby all the people would sit in circle in the living room and then bring the dog into the room. The dog would immediately proceed to lie down in front of the psychic or translator. A conversation began immediately between the psychic and the dog. The dog's viewpoint began to tell all that was seen and heard by all people. The dog’s paw was hurting, (unknown to the owner of the dog), and the dog said that the shop where he was taken, clipped his toenails too short and damaged the nerves in the nails. The owner was now super-heated with this discovery and called the shop. The shop owner finally confessed that they did clip the dog’s nails too short! I need not tell you how angry the owner of the pet was at this moment. The dog went on to discuss the girl who was going to be married. She was now going out with another man, naming that man who came to the house. DOGS DO KNOW ALL SECRETS. This session went on for over an hour with many fascinating facts about the dog’s view of people in the household. Try to make out with a woman with a dog in the same house! I will not give you the facts here, but Ray said, "Never dowse a water well with a dog running all over the site area!" Psychic information came to Ray this way, "It's like having to compasses on the same ship!" Same goes for too many people. Too many people, (even one negative person), are worse than dogs on a site. You, the dowser can extract information from a dog in private about anyone the dog has been in contact with during his activities.

When I go treasure hunting, I make sure everyone has dog biscuits ready and available in his pockets. Discover how to make friends with the dog to prevent him from barking, alerting the world you have just arrived from outer space!

Once I parked my van on the country site to begin the survey of the land. From experience, NEVER, EVER get out of the car when you arrive at any SITE, Treasure or otherwise. Just relax and absorb the feelings from the area, sensing everything that is present, no matter what, even if it is danger. And if you or anyone on the team receives an irritating feeling, LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. This team agreement has previously been agreed upon. Escape while YOU ARE IN CONTROL, NOT WHILE SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO CONTROL YOU.

Well, here I sat in my van, receiving feelings of the land, animals, and people. Sure, enough a sniffing dog arrives. First, I don't trust dogs! So, I went to my large supply of dog biscuits, open the van door and deposited several of the food items for the dog on the ground. The dog checked out the food, ate one and then took one in his mouth and left the area. I remained in the van to see what was going to surprise me next! Well, shortly the dog returned with three of his buddies, SURPRISE! Now all four dogs heading for the van, barking, the alarm system. This is the major reason why I strongly favor never to step out of the van when arriving at any TREASURE SITE. Now the odds are not in my favor. So, I test the water so to speak! Reached into my bag of dog biscuits and begin to feed the new arrivals, thus hoping I am a hit with the locals of the area. Sure, enough they now begin to sniff me for approval. That is me (odor) along with the food supply. The dog is capable of at least 1,000,000 facts collected through his sniffer organs. Thus, I now wait to see if I am "in" or "out" with the locals! Well, after 10 minutes of evaluation by 4 dogs, I felt "IN" and I finally got out of the van and begin to tell the dogs how excellent their personality was, etc. Remember, you cannot LIE TO A DOG! I try to do this feat to the city dogs, but they all seem to want real fresh meat! Depending upon the key signs they do make, will impress upon my mind what is really going on. Oh yes, I have received bites by dogs a number of times and I have a lot of experiences when I delivered newspapers as a boy. Finally, I read where the dog could hear the newspapers moving at such a frequency, thus irritating the dog’s sensors. This caused the dog to go for fresh meat when it came to newspaper delivery time.

One of the most interesting stories given to me by psychic who wrote how dogs absorbed the negative aspect from the dog owner. For years, I researched through experience of associating the dog's negative attitude via the owner is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. Each time I encounter a dog owner with the dog, I immediately talk TO THE OWNER TO CONFIRM THE ATTITUDE OF THE DOG, learning where I stand with the owner as well as my position with the dog.

I have very successful communications and business policies, knowing this one fact digested from the psychic's knowledge of owner and his pet dog.

There are too many breeds of dogs out there for you to be 100% accurate about what to do, but I suggest you treat all dog encounters with the highest priority, even if you are hiking on any trail. Dogs are very rarely restrained on the trails.

PEOPLE:

A woman asked me about men! I answered that all men were DOGS! And if you don't believe me, ask Stuart. And she did. Stuart agreed with me. Now you can take everything you learned about dogs and multiply it by a factor of 500 and now you know all about people!

My experiences tell me a dog can smell or hear at least 3000 feet. Not only can the world of smelling give complete information to the dog, but they can see in many ways like a bird. I want to be in control; therefore, I leave food along the trail for the animals of all kinds, hoping to fill their stomach, check me out before I am surprised with a serious problem. I treat bears with even more respect, leaving honey in the trees at times.

Like the Boy Scout's Motto, "Be Prepared". (I want to be in control too).

Dowsing Geopathogenic Zones

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

APRIL '26 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

ASD DIGEST VOLUME

DOWSING GEOPATHOGENIC ZONES

BY TAFFY TODD

As with everything else in nature our mother earth has a balance. Running beneath her skin are water veins, mineral veins, fault lines, underground caverns and other areas which emanate electromagnetic vibrations. Some of these are beneficial to life and some are not. Those that are beneficial have been termed “comfort zones” by dowsers; those that are not have been termed “Geopathogenic or noxious zones.”

A simple definition of a Geopathogenic or noxious zone is an area of earth energies not conductive to human living. The detection and neutralization of these areas has been of interest to dowsers throughout the world since the early 1900s when the German dowser von Pohl found a cancer correlation with dowsing zones that he related to a hypothetical radiation coming from inside the earth. In 1932 he published a book, Earth Rays as Pathogenic Agents, and the search was on for an “eliminator.” In Europe, over the next number of years, little wooden boxes with arrangements of metal strips were devised, and while marketed with some success, in the end it was shown that these eliminators actually did nothing.

Today, the American Society of Dowsers In Danville, Vermont, is seriously researching the relationship of these noxious “rays” and zones to human discomfort and illness, abnormal and unusual tree growth and plant reactions, and animal disease and behavior. Methods of neutralizing underground emanations hurting or interfering with the flow of noxious veins, have been researched and used successfully for many years and are constantly being added to and improved.

The detection of Geopathogenic areas begins with a competent dowser. In recent years, as people have become more aware of the existence of these areas, it has become accepted practice in some European countries to dowse the location of a building site not only for a water well, but also for noxious emanations to avoid sitting a home or office over them. Extended periods of time spent over a Geopathogenic zone can cause discomfort ranging from an inability to concentrate to headaches, insomnia, arthritis and some believe cancer. Dr. Hans Nieper of Germany, who works almost exclusively with multiple sclerosis patients, in addition to other treatments prescribed, have their homes (especially their beds and favorite chairs) dowsed for Geopathogenic radiations.

Baubiologie Is a term used for “architectural biology” – the ecological study of the relationships between human beings and their indoor environments. This includes not only the detection of noxious stones, but also the use of natural building materials and awareness of the effects of electrical appliances, etcetera. Baubiologie Is beginning to be accepted in this country and elimination obnoxious areas already present under existing homes as well as proper sitting of new buildings is a primary part of this. What good does it do to avoid electrical loops, microwave appliances or synthetic materials when deep underneath the earth, flowing veins of water or earthquake faults are causing discomfort and illness?

When a dowser is called upon to dowsed a home for Geopathogenic zones, he or she will begin with a series of general questions, the first of which is:

“Are there any radiations detrimental to health in, under, or through the building at any time of the day or night?”

The questions a dowser asked are the most important part of the process. A question like the one above covers all possibilities. If a dowser were to ask only for “noxious rays,” this would cover only his belief system as to what a noxious ray is. (A noxious ray is generally considered to emanate only from water and mineral veins.) Therefore, he or she might miss other noxious Geopathogenic areas that exist, or that might exist for only certain periods of the day.

As the dowser narrows the questions down to how many areas are present, if any are two-directional, and what methods are needed to correct them, he or she then prepares for actual on- site dowsing outside the building. Using the original question, the dowser circles the house nodding and marking where each radiation enters and exits. After determining the location of each radiation, he or she then determines, by dowsing, the proper method to deal with each one.

In years past, only the bed and major living areas were dowsed from within the house and the main way of dealing with such areas was to physically relocate the furniture – move the bed to another area or change the position of a favorite sitting place. This method is still in use and will help to a great degree. Ideal methods of dealing with Geopathogenic areas today, however include:

Diverting the water or mineral vein

The “stacking” of the vein with the rebar (a ½” x 18” Steel rod used to reinforce concrete)

Or in extreme or unusual cases, deflecting the energies through the use of copper wire

A diversion actually diverts the vein to another direction, while stacking interferes with the flow, allowing it to pass around the building and rejoin itself. Deflection is basically a method of shielding the entire house. Of course, no Dowser does any kind of dowsing without first asking: “Can I, should I, and am I ready?” In the case of diverting and staking, it is especially Important to ask for the correctness of the treatment for all beings concerned, not just for the human element.

Diverting a water vein (many noxious areas are caused by an underground water vein or crossing) is a simple process that can also be used to deal with wet basements or to replace a vein into an existing well that has lost its flow. A three-foot-long iron bar is pounded part of the way into the earth at the proper location and then hit with a sledgehammer on the side of the bar opposite from the direction you want the vein to go. The proof of the pudding is in the results – a dry basement, a fully operational well, or a good night's sleep.

Staking is done at exact locations and with exact numbers of rebar, both determined by dowsing. The rebars are generally driven into the ground 2 to 6 inches below the surface. Follow- up dowsing determines the success of the staking.

The deflection method requires a little more work. If it has been determined that the noxious energies running under the house cannot be corrected by staking or diversion, it may then be necessary to run a length of copper wire completely around the house. It is imperative, however, that a gap of an inch or two be left between the two ends (a full circuit of wire traps everything within the area being surrounded). Dowsers have discovered that leaving a gap causes trapped energies to be dissipated, while preventing further entrance obnoxious energies.

One of our researchers teachers has discovered that lightning- strikes, which commonly hit the earth where two or more water veins intersect, can increase the radius of the Geopathogenic area –an increase that lasts for an indeterminate amount of time period and dowsing trees that have been struck by lightning he has found that other disturbances in earth energies have been increased in such an area, out to a distance of about 35 feet.

This same researcher has dowsed the beds of numerous arthritis and cancer sufferers. In 100% of his investigations, where there is an arthritis sufferer in the house there is at least one water vein crossing under either the bed or the favorite chair. Most commonly it is the bed, and with strange accuracy these crossings occur beneath the exact area where the sleeper habitually places the afflicted part of the body. In arthritis sufferers there may be up to 5 or 6 crossings under the bed. Furthermore, he has found that there are many, many more crossings under the beds of cancer sufferers – a minimum of ten and up to twenty.

Once either of these diseases is existent in the sufferer, neutralization will not remove the symptom entirely, but it will greatly lessen the severity of arthritis symptoms and may help to slow the deterioration process in cancer patients. We do not yet know if Geopathogenic areas in any way caused these illnesses – some who sleep over water veins do not show any signs of arthritis or cancer – but to date it has been found, without exception, that those who are already ill are sleeping over crossings of veins.

It makes sense not to sleep over noxious areas anywhere. For example, a year ago, I was returning to Vermont from a dowser’s regional conference in North Carolina and stopped for the night at a motel in Virginia. Intuition said to sleep in the bed closer to the wall, but I habitually chose the one near the window, ignoring my intuition. If I had not been so tired at the time I might have listened and either slept in the other bed or dowsed the one, I had selected; but I didn't and paid dearly for it the next morning. I was barely able to lift my head from the pillow. My head ached, I could not keep myself awake and I wondered how I would ever drive be 600 miles ahead of me that day. After I was able to get out of the bed and spend some time away from the area of the room, I felt better and was able to think straight. I dowsed the bed I had just slept in and found a strong, jagged and noxious earthquake fault directly under where my head had been while I slept. It was so strong that it had affected me very badly in just one short night.

At that same regional conference, which was held in Asheville, North Carolina, many dowsers complained of feeling disoriented and not being able to find their way about. This needless to say, is unusual in the extreme for dowsers. Some of the more expert dowsers took out their maps of the college campus and discovered that it was heavily crisscrossed with energy leys and that there were a number of both positive and negative energy vortexes. (This is not surprising since Asheville is fast becoming an area to which “new age” people find themselves drawn.) The energies were basically positive, not noxious but they had a disorienting effect on the dowsers who are sensitive to the earth vibrations – especially so when they are dowsing or have opened themselves up.

It is also possible to employ the same techniques used in removing Geopathogenic energies, to bring beneficial energies to your environment. This, however, takes extreme expertise and dowsing. You must be totally competent at the art to be certain that you are truly dowsing the beneficial energies – and that they are not only beneficial in general, but also beneficial to spend much time with. (For example, energy leys are beneficial in many ways, but it is extremely difficult to live over one for long periods of time.) It would be all too easy for the novice to make a mistake and bring in noxious energies instead.

These techniques can be used in the garden as well as in the home. If there are specific areas of your garden where plants don't grow well, it might be due to Geopathogenic causes. You can see the effect on trees located over noxious areas when they are spirally twisted, deformed or have cancerous growths. (It is generally believed that the height of the tumor on a tree is in direct relation to the depth underground water will be found.)

Animals, too, are susceptible to Geopathogenic areas. A dowser who was dowsing a well at a farm in Vermont was asked to dowse the barn, having been told only that there was an area in it where six cows had sickened and died. Much to the farmer's surprise, the dowser pinpointed the area... which turned out to be affected by numerous crossings of water veins. The veins were diverted, and the problem never recurred.

What does all of this mean to you? We are all trying to live in balance and harmony on this Earth. We feel, as dowsers, that we have been given the chance to interact with the Earth in ways that can be more beneficial than those normally employed or understood. For example, when the dowser determines a well site only one hole is drilled not many; and if the dowser has asked for the water vein that is correct for the situation, then those that are to remain undisturbed remain undisturbed. Moreover, while many of you have been in spots that either felt uncomfortable or where you felt a heightened sense of well-being, dowsers are more concerned with those areas that are too subtle to be felt except over a long period of time spent in them.

One final reminder: You are working with subtle yet powerful energies; a novice needs the help of a dowser who is experienced in working with Geopathogenic zones. It is important to do everything in correctness and not to misuse the ability or mistreat the Earth or any other beings who might be involved.

Dowsing & Labyrinths

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:30:00 GMT

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

APRIL '26 NEWSLETTER SKILL BUILDER

With Optional Raffle Entry (4/1/26-4/30/26)

Creating a Labyrinth is creating a sacred space. It is what our ancestors did thousands of years ago, it is what they have done in every civilization and culture throughout human history.

Labyrinths are encoded into our DNA making them unforgettable. We find the oldest ones built on sites with the highest earth and spiritual energies present.
Combine this with at least one Ley Line running thru it, these labyrinths are very powerful. It is felt that when someone is walking one their prayers, questions, and requests are transmitted thru the Ley Lines to other Labyrinths and sacred sites.

Many times someone will walk out of the Labyrinth with the answer they needed.

The design of the labyrinth pathways create a calming effect as well as a balancing of our nervous system. This allows us to then receive or be open to receiving information.
The 7-Circuit Classical Labyrinth relates directly to our 7 Chakras and our bodies flow of energy. As such it also relates to the chakra colors and their frequencies. The 7 notes in Music, etc.

The 3- Curcuit Labyrinth (which is the center of the 7-Curcuit) relates to the Trinity in all its incarnations.
Creating your own Labyrinth is a wonderful co-creative process that can lead you to greater spiritual connection to all of creation and help you on your own personal journey.

LABYRINTH PLACEMENT

Using a Pendulum or Other Dowsing Method Find the Center of Your Labyrinth by using Yes or No Questions:

ASK the Land (Plants, Trees, Insects & Animals in the area for their help and permission to build this Labyrinth)

ASK the Spirits (Fairies, Sprites, Gnomes & Guardians for their help and permission to build this Labyrinth)

Example Question:

"Where is the best place to put the Center of the Labyrinth for the highest and best good of ALL?"

LABYRINTH MATERIALS

Your Labyrinth Can Then Be Outlined By Household Items Such as Stones, Spray Paint, Building Materials or Chalk depending on how long you wish your Labyrinth to last.

Alternatives: If you do not have access to an acceptable and welcoming outdoor space follow the above and dowse the room and the materials to use like packing tape, blue painters tape (which will not harm floors or carpets), pebbles, leaves, pinecones, legos, etc.

LABYRINTH DIAGRAMS:

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HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR SKILL BUILDER:

By making your own Labyrinth this month and sharing at least 2 and up to 3 progress photos that show the creation of your Labyrinth HERE your name will be entered into our Raffle to win your ticket to next years, 2027, Conference.

An approx. $450 Value.

*Your Name and Email are Required to Enter

Entries Open from 4/1/26-4/30/26

Please also feel free to share anything interesting that happened while creating or after walking your labyrinth in the submission form.

For More Information on the Raffle and Other Ways to Enter Visit the Raffle Page HERE

Map Dowsing Skill Builder

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 15:41:19 GMT

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

MARCH '26 NEWSLETTER SKILL BUILDER

With Optional Raffle Entry (3/1/26-3/31/26)

Practice, Practice, Practice!

As dowsers we all know that we need to keep honing our skills to get better and better at DOWSING!

This month's Skill Builder is a great way to do something that you probably have done very little of in your dowsing career…..or maybe not if you are a water dowser.

Finding this treasure will be very rewarding , I promise!

In partnership with Ferry Beach our Skill Builder this month is Map Dowsing!

What is Map Dowsing?

We have a great featured article this month:

MAP DOWSING – Armchair Treasure Hunting

which describes the many map dowsing techniques choose one or try out a few to complete this exercise and find the target.

Here is a MAP of Ferry Beach, with which to locate the "Treasure" AKA. “Larry the Lobster.” Find where “Larry” is located on the map.

Download the Ferry Beach Map HERE

Download a photo of Larry HERE

THE REWARDING PART:

WIN YOUR TICKET TO

CONFERENCE 2027

Complete our Map Dowsing Skill Builder with the correct answer and be entered into our Raffle to win a 2027 Ticket to Conference!

An approx. $450 Value.

Find Larry the Lobster and circle where he is on the Map and submit your findings HERE

*Your Name and Email are Required to Enter

Entries Open from 3/1/26-3/31/26

Emotional Freedom Technique – Tom Meade

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 13:30:00 GMT

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

MARCH '26 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

ASD DIGEST VOLUME 56, NO. 2 SUMMER 2016

EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE

BY TOM MEADE

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) was developed by Gary Craig in the early 1990s. Unlike many healing modalities, an original training manual (75 pages) and an instructor's manual (125 pages) were free online. Today, many free websites offer tutorials and thousands of examples of how to address specific issues. Many years ago, Earl Nightingale created a motivational tape program on "The Greatest Secret." It is so simple and you have heard it before – "You become what you think about." We all know that everything is a frequency (or vibration) and Einstein said, "Thought is energy" (i.e., frequencies). Bruce Lipton, a bio-quantum physicist, has stated that the real brain of a cell is not the nucleus, the DNA or the genes. You can remove the nucleus and a cell will continue to live; it just can't reproduce. The real "brain" of a cell is the cell wall, and what it allows in is what impacts the body. While the initial impact of a stressor on the body may only be on a small portion of cells, all cells of the body communicate with each other and can thus be negatively affected. These stressors could be environmental (toxins), physical trauma, nutritional, spiritual and/or emotional. Therefore, one stressor, such as our emotions, can impact all the cells of our body.

Practically all physical illnesses and diseases have an emotional basis to them. Even diseases that are genetically caused can be triggered by negative emotions. Not everyone who has a genetic structure for diabetes, breast cancer or sickle cell anemia, for example, develops the disease. But why not? Doctors call this the "placebo effect", as the medical profession is not ready yet to recognize stressors outside of viruses, bacteria, amoeba, parasites and fungi that open you up to illnesses and disease.

Too many people look for the physical healings; they look for the quick fix from the outside. But if the emotional basis is not addressed, the illness too often returns in another form to affect the body. A healer I know tells the story of a woman he was helping who went through a hateful divorce and came to him because she developed cancer. After several treatments the cancer disappeared, but she retained emotional issues of hatred for her ex-spouse...she refused to let go of these feelings. A year later she returned to the healer for further help. Her cancer was arrested (again), but. (again) she refused to address her hatred for her ex-husband. Even though he was no longer in her life, she was going to let her unresolved feelings ultimately kill her.

Too often, people chase healing modalities – wanting someone to heal them rather than taking ownership of their healing themselves. Healing modalities are wonderful "tools," but an individual must set their ego aside and become part of the healing process. People need to know they have the power within themselves to heal.

EFT, and other healing modalities such as Reiki, reflexology, Recollective Healing, Touch for Health, acupuncture, acupressure, qi gong, The Emotion Code and dowsing, all work with the meridians or energy channels of the body. I always make sure these channels are open or clear and perform a "meridian wash" of a client's 14 primary meridians. The technique by Mo Wheeler and Rebecca Garland called the "Less Than a Minute Energy Fix" (see the ASD Digest Fall 2015) is a great way to clear, balance and strengthen your own energy. This is also an important first step by the client prior to starting EFT.

Before I see a client, I always dowse for them using a list compiled from the work of Raymond Grace, John Butler and Mo Wheeler of issues one might have that need to be cleared. Clearing these issues is essential and ensures two things:

(1) It prepares the client for their session

(2) It protects the practitioner from "picking up" anything negative or detrimental from the client.

I also use the "Emotional Toxins" charts (from the Pendulum Dowser's Chart series by Anne Williams and available through the ASD Bookstore) to clear emotional stressor(s) that the client is ready to release.

Gary Craig has said that our early thoughts, actions and statements become the "writings on our walls" and they can impact us negatively for the rest of our lives. All those times we hear "no, don't do this, don't do that" as a child can progress to criticism, abuse or trauma from our parents, siblings, relatives, teachers, friend, classmates, bullies, bosses or caches.

Typically, a client has one or two major issues that are the most detrimental to their balanced health. Unless a client comes in asking for a specific modality, I will dowse to see what is most appropriate for their highest good at that time. Bio-feedback and EFT come up most often (and EFT almost always.) A client usually sees me for a specific physical issue they want addressed, but the overwhelming reason why the issue has occurred or cannot be resolved is emotional. Even thought the physical issue may be recent, the main negative emotion that needs to be released more than likely goes back for years. If not the result of a recent traumatic event, these negative emotions typically occurred more than five years in the past.

Some people undergoing an EFT session will have no success for a couple of reasons. They may have been brought to the session by well-meaning friends or relatives, but believe that they can't heal themselves of that EFT is not science-based and thus won't work. Another issue is the ego...You must let it go.

Remember that your power is unlimited! You can heal yourself of all things. You can accomplish anything you want if you will let go of negative thoughts, attitude, and behavior as well as fear, worry and anger. Jesus said, "All that I can do, you can do." And the Bible says that God created man in His image. In other words, you have the ability to be a co-creator with God. The path to balanced health is clear you just have to figure how far you want to walk on it without taking those side paths of fear, worry, negative thoughts, etc.

Before you start an EFT session, it's good to do some "cross crawls" (right elbow to left knee, then left elbow to right knee, several times) to get your energy flowing. Next perform the "Gamut Procedure," which takes about 10 seconds but gets both the right and left sides of your brain working. TO do this tap on the Gamut Point (see illustration) between the baby and ring fingers. While tapping, close your eyes, open them, look hard to the left, look hard to the right, look down to the left and look down to the right. Roll your eyes counterclockwise, then roll them clockwise. Hum a tune for two seconds. Count to five and then hum a tune for two seconds again.

To begin EFT, select an issue and focus on it for a minute. Bring to mind when it occurred and include the sensations present at that time, e.g., sight, sound, colors, temperature, feeling, scents, etc. Relive the moment and then assign the issue a number from 1 to 10, with 10 being the greatest negative emotion. If the issue is abuse suffered as a child for example, create an affirmation statement scubas, " I release the trauma of this abuse." Repeat the affirmation statement three times while tapping on the "Sore Spot" (see illustration), also known as K27.

Tapping will continue at the top of the head. Tap at least seven times while saying, "even though I was abused by ________, it is time to let it go. I don't want it. I don't need it. I choose to let it go."

Move to the bone between the eyes and repeat the same statement while tapping at least seven times.

Continue tapping and repeating the statement as you move to the occipital bone on the sides of the eye, the occipital bone below the eyes, under the nose above the lip, above the lip, above the chin and below the lip, where the collar bone meets the sternum, under the arm pit, points on the fingers and the karate point on the side of the hand. Finish by tapping the inside of the two wrist together.

When your tapping is complete, review the issue again, focus your senses on it, and assign it a number. It will be the first number that comes to your mind. Don't try to second guess yourself. If you originally assigned the issue a 10, perhaps it is now a 7.

Next, look at a tangent to that issue. For example, your next statement might be, "Even thought ________ abused me, and ________ knew about it I choose to forgive them." Repeat this new statement through another round of tapping. Reassess your "number" and keep repeating the process until you reach 0. Clients frequently believe that the issue was their "fault" as well and will need to also forgive themselves, which can be more difficult than forgiving other.

The release (achieving 0) is accompanied typically by a physical reaction. Gary Craig calls this the "ZZIT Point" and it may be a yawn, a deep breath, a wave of calmness or a vibration or tingling. When you feel this reaction, you will no longer need to assign numbers on the issue at the end of a found; you are done. Unless you consciously make an effort to bring it back, the issue is gone and will not return.

It is important to follow the guidelines as you begin to learn the tapping process. You need to verbalize your statements –some– times shouting them can help. But once you have the technique down, the rules can be broken: you won't need to use two hands on the eyes; it's OK if you miss a spot. I have one client who began virtual tapping as a marathon swimmer, going through the statements and points in her mind while swimming. Above all else it is important to be specific in your statement. A general statement such as, "Even though I have this anxiety, I don't want it, I don't need it, and I choose to let it go," will not clear because it is just too general! Fears and worries are usually big issues. So get specific. For example, "This fear of flying that I have because I think the plane will crash...I don't want it, I don't need it and I choose to let it go" is very specific.

It is essential to bring up the negative emotional issue in EFT and then follow it with a positive release such as, "I choose to let it go." Creating a statement with intent is crucial to EFT's success. One reason people don't continue with EFT on their won is that they "don't know what to say." My advice is: Just bring up a negative and follow it with a positive. Following are a few sample statements:

"Even though I ________ (enter specific issue)________, I don't want it, I don't need it, I choose to let it go."
"I choose now to ________(enter positive specific issue)________."
"Event though________(enter specific issue)________ has been with me all these years, it is time to let it go. I don't want it. I don't need it and I choose to let it go."
"Event though I get upset and nervous about ________(enter specific issue)________, I choose to be calm, confident and in control."

People are bothered by the negative thoughts that enter their minds. You can't stop those thoughts but you don't

have to keep it there. Say simply, "Cancel that thought." If it goes away, great: if it doesn't, then a quick round of tapping should resolve it.

EFT is not hard to learn and it works for everything – physical and emotional. It has proven to be one of the best treatments for PTSD for veterans and is very effective in treating trauma incurred from abusive relationships.

Athletes also practice EFT to help heal sports-related injuries. I work with a client who is both a successful athlete and an astute business person. Significant issues developed within a family-run business and the client stepped in to help resolve the problems. The emotional toll on my client was devastating and my client soon developed fear and a should problem. After one EFT session, everything changed. One athletic triumph led to another and within two years my client was named World Athlete of the Year in their sport!

Suggestions and Affirmations

The following are general suggestions and affirmations you can tap on that will help maintain your health and happiness:

My mind will always reject all suggestions and subliminal messages that are non-beneficial to me(i.e., commercials, radio, TV, etc.).
I am always aware of any non-beneficial frequencies of disharmony within my energy field.
I repel all people and energies that are detrimental to me.
I am always aware of negative forces within my energy field.
I am always aware of any danger to myself, my family, friends and country and take the appropriate actions to prevent or avoid danger.
I am always at the right place at the right time.
I attract to me people, circumstances and events to enhance my life (to bring me peace, harmony and prosperity).
I think only positive thoughts.
I always seek the divine truth.
I always have the time to do the things I choose to do and do it well with time to spare.
I understand my life purposes and I have the knowledge and ability to fulfill them.

The EFT Masters listed below (along with their websites and contact information), offer a wealth of information, tutorials and examples...so get tapping!

Gary Craig: The originator of EFT. Offers a free newsletter and has a huge library on specific issues and instruction books. garycraig@emofree.com

EFT Masters

Carl Look: Master EFT practitioner. Offers a free newsletter and great tutorials. www.CarolLook.com carol@carollock.com
Dawson Church: Offers a free newsletter, 5,000 articles, books, training and EFT Peak Insights. www.eftuniverse.com
Patricia Carrington: Has written a book, Try it on Everything and offers EFT 1 minute news. www.MasteringEFT.com
Jack Canfield: www.JackCanfield.com

Tom Meade has been a dowser for over 20 years and has been teaching a practicing EFT for 15. He is a holistic practitioner in Endicott, NY, where he performs bio-feedback, Reconnective Healing and the Reconnection. He also uses Bio-Genesis tools in his practice. Tom works with individual athletes and teams, focusing on mental training. For more information, please email Tom at tmeade@stny.rr.com.

Map Dowsing - Armchair Treasure Hunting

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 13:00:00 GMT

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

MARCH '26 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

MAP DOWSING – ARMCHAIR TREASURE HUNTING

BY BOB ATER

December, 1980

Map dowsing is quite simple if you know the proper techniques and practice doing it until it becomes a part of your mental habits. Readers of Lost Treasure have seen that the basic requirement for dowsing is to learn to relax and let your mind become calm. When you have accomplished this, you can think of only one thing - the object you are seeking.

For successful dowsing you need:

1) A calm mind

2) A picture thought of the thing you are seeking

3) A map of the area where you know or suspect the thing may be located

4) A dowsing device which can give you a "yes" or "no" answer when you ask your subconscious mind, "Where is it?"

It is also necessary to have a strong desire to locate the object – not a tense urgency but a relaxed, strong desire. This attitude triggers appropriate brain wave patterns in the alpha, delta and theta range of your subconscious which seems to be involved in most psychic activity. You don't have to understand any of this. You just do it and it works.

In this issue of Lost Treasure I want to show you how to use a Y-rod, and L-rod and a bobber, or wand, to dowse a map. Always remember that any kind of dowsing, including map dowsing, is simply asking a pertinent question of your own subconscious mind which can be answered by a prearranged signal from a hand-held device. The subtle movement of the device indicates "yes" or "no." You believe the reaction and proceed accordinly. Experience promotes success. Success builds confidence.

Witnesses

Many successful map dowsers use witnesses such as a small piece of material similar to that being sought or a photograph or a name written on a piece of paper. These are all useful in aiding visualization. I personally doubt that they do anymore than that. Learning to visualize clearly will work just as well. In the long run it may work even better, but for the beginner, witnesses are helpful.

Y-rod Methods

1) Scan the map with a moderately small Y-rod operated in the usual searching position. Focus on the tip of the Y-rod while asking it to snap down over the object being sought.

2) Extend a wire from one hand as illustrated in the picture. Scan the map back and forth with the tip of the wire. Expect a reaction from the rod when the wire is pointing at the location of the object.

L-rod Methods

1) Hold the L-rod upside down so the long part is close to the map. Hold it near the edge of the map. Ask for it to point to the exact location of the object being sought. Draw a line on the map under the long part of the rod. Do the same from another edge or part of the map. The object should be at the intersection of the two lines.

2) Using two L-rods ask for them to cross over the target as you move them over the map.

3) Extend tow L-rods in front of you with a pencil or pointer held in one hand. Scan with the pinter. When the rods react with an outward swing or cross, the pencil is on the target.

Wand Method

Make a flexible wand from a long spring or switch. Scan the map with a pencil. When the wand, held in the other hand, bobs up and down on its end you should be on the target. A Cameron Aura Metz can also be used.

These are only a few of the possible variations that can be used. The "magic" of all this is in no way in the devices used. It is all in your mind. Some may disagree but I must stick to my statement. It is all in your mind. The device is simply an indicator which provides a visual response to a question. The actual locating is done in the range of your own mind's processes. We do not understand what makes it work, but it does work.

Do not make it complicated. Keep it simple and you will succeed. And practice! practice! practice!

Pendulum Method

Tune the Pendulum

Every successful dowser has learned to rely on the subtle reactions of his or her chosen dowsing device a reliable "yes" reaction is the key to correctly reading your subconscious mind by dowsing methods. TO establish a reliable pendulum response, you must adjust your pendulum string to the proper length so that it responds without any conscious effort on your part.

1) Hold the string as indicated in the drawing.

2) Let the weighted end of the string slip slowly through your gingers until it volunteers some movements by itself.

3) If the string is long enough there will be several points along it where this subtle movement will occur. To mark these for future reference you can tie knots in the string at those places. Another person using the same pendulum may find the movement occurs at a different spot.

Establish Your Yes and No

Now that you have a subtle subconscious response established, ask your subconscious mind to show you how it is going to tell you "yes" in response to your question. You may get a clockwise rotation of the pendulum or a counterclockwise rotation.

It could also simply swing back and forth like an affirmative nod. Learn to believe your reaction and become comfortable and confident with it. Above all, be very objective in not consciously influencing the movement of the pendulum in order to simply confirm your preconceived ideas. Let it tell you yes or no, not the other way around.

A response for "no" can also be established in the same manner. Now you are ready to apply your dowsing skills to a map.

Triangulation

This is the simplest and probably the best method. Hold the pendulum over the map at the edge, at a corner at the center or over a major land mark such as a building, hilltop or the like.

Ask the pendulum to swing in the direction of the thing you are seeking. Draw a line on the map under the path of the swing. Do the same from another point on the map. If what you are seeking is located in the area depicted by the map, the two lines should cross. The thing you are seeking should be at that location.

Grid Method

Divide the map into two or more parts with lines or anything else. Number the parts. Ask, " Is the thing I am seeking in space Number One? Space Number Two? Number Three?" etc. If you get a positive reaction to your question when one particular space is mentioned, you can subdivide the the space and dowse again until you get a very precise area. You may also hold your pendulum or a pointer over each space, asking for a yes answer when the proper location is made. Two people may be employed with this method, one dowsing and the other pointing.

Line Method

The pendulum is operated with one hand. A pencil held in the other hand is moved slowly over the map or just above the map as illustrated. When the pencil is pointing at the correct location the pendulum reacts with a yes answer. Two people may also do this, one dowsing and one operating the pendulum.

There are other pendulum methods but these are the most basic. Experiment and practice, practice, practice. Be patient and persistent. You may end up rich. At least you will have a lot of fun trying.

Dowsers Brainwaves Research Project Part 2

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 13:30:00 GMT

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

FEBRUARY '26 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

DOWSERS BRAINWAVES RESEARCH PROJECT PART 2

LEIXICOR BRAINWAVE ANALYZER RESULTS

The brainwave patterns shown are those of Walt Woods, current ASD President. It is fitting and proper that Walt's patterns are the first ones described. Walt is truly a highly skilled dowser who has worked with his natural abilities and, with his decades of continued learning and practice, he has brought his dowsing skills to an exceptional high level of proficiency. With individual variations, all eight of the dowsers tested to date (four mean and four women) basically showed the same brainwave patterns as Walt showed.

Figure 5 shows Walt Woods' brainwave patterns while doing real dowsing "at task", and with his eyes open receiving his dowsing answers with the pendulum while observing the "pendulum dowsing multipurpose form" for the numerical answers. The "at task" virtual pendulum (device less dowsing) data is shown in Figure 6. On the left side of each figure is a brainwave amplitude color spectrum, as the highest amplitude. The amplitude is proportional to brainwave power levels.

Across the top of Figure 5 and 6 are the absolute amplitude (power) values for the theta, alpha and beta frequency ranges, with theta shown from 4.0 to 8.0 Hz, for example. Absolute values means that three separate "head" are being viewed, a theta, alpha and beta "head" with the amplitude (power) values in terms of each head by itself. The head is being viewed from the top with the front of the head toward the top of the page and with front, rear, left and right marked. Across the bottom of Figure 5 and 6 are the relative value power levels for the theta, alpha and beta frequency ranges. Relative power value show which frequency range is dominant. For example in Figure 5, with eyes open, beta is dominant over alpha and theta.

FIGURE 5

DOWSING "AT TASK" WITH A REAL PENDULUM- EYES OPEN

Simultaneous High Power Levels in Beta, Alpha and Theta
Unusual Coherence, "Smoothness" Right Dominance, and High Power Level in Beta and Alpha Brainwaves
Unusual Coherence Level (All Neurons Firing in Synchrony)

Dr. Matthew Kelly⁴has analyzed Figure 5, Walt Woods using a real pendulum, eyes open. His analysis shows the following: the data shows "an unusual simultaneous absolute high power level in theta, alpha and beta; an unusual coherence level in theta, alpha and beta; and an unusual coherence resulting in high power levels and "smoothness" combined with right brain dominance in both alpha and beta Coherence of the brainwaves means that large quantities of the neurons in the brain are firing in synchrony, greatly increasing the absolute power level in theta, alpha and beta." This coherence can be seen in the absolute patterns as high power color bands (green, yellow, shades of red and white) which are present as rings of color continuing on both sides of the brain.

FIGURE 6

"AT TASK" VIRTUAL PENDULUM (DEVICE LESS DOWSING)

Significant Increase in Relative Alpha Eyes Closed
Simultaneous High Power Levels in Beta, Alpha and Theta
Unusual Coherence Level (All neurons firing in Synchrony)
Unusual Coherence, "Smoothness," Right Dominance, and High Power Levels in Beta Brainwaves

Dr. Kelly's analysis of Figure 6, virtual pendulum, eyes closed, shows the following; "unusual increased beta coherence, which means high power levels and "smoothness," unusual right side dominance of all absolute theta, alpha and beta frequency bands. Walt Woods eyes closed baseline state could be graded an "A" as compared with an "A better" for the eyes closed device less dowsing state with its increases in symmetrical coherence while device less dowsing." In other words, Walt was already very close to a dowsing state when his eyes closed non-dowsing baseline was tested. Relative values showed a large increase in alpha brainwaves compared to the eyes open state and a very surprisingly high power level for relative beta with high coherence. This implies thoughts and visions coming directly to the cortex from the limbic brainsysteml (the brain stem)." This condition was found to be the same in seven of eight of the dowsers tested. "unusual brain stem electrical activity was being generated. Walt had entered a state where limbic brain (brain stem) "pictures and subconscious images were providing information directly to the cerebral cortex. Stated differently "in device less dowsing, Walt had entered an altered state of consciousness where non-intellect is dominating consciousness and giving information directly to the cerebral cortex. It is as if Walt had projected the limbic brain system (the brain stem) into the earth to receive his water dowsing data."

COMMENTS ON DELTA BRAINWAVES FROUND IN DREAMLESS SLEEP

Dr. Jurka's Mind Mirror results showed that delta brainwaves, normally found in deep dreamless sleep, were recorded at such high amplitudes that they went beyond the 160 microvolt recording limit of the Mind Mirror. These high voltages were present both before the experimental procedure and during the dowsing. It is assumed that Dr. Jurka's people were also dowsing with tools (pendulums, etc.) during their tests. Dr. Matthew Kelly⁴states "we must be very careful with interpreting delta brainwaves. The delta frequencies and the artifacts of muscle movement involve with each other. The hand movement with a pendulum or the movement of the eye muscles watching the pendulum move can cause distortion in the Lexicor mathematical formulas for the Fast Fourier Transforms and produce artificial delta brainwaves. We know that the Mind Mirror is also subject to muscle artifacts which can distort or misidentify delta brainwaves." As with Dr. Jurka's results, delta brainwaves were also observed in the dowser's Lexicor outputs. A configuration of the Lexicon specifically for measuring delta brainwaves will be set up for a future test. For now, reporting has been limited to theta, alpha and beta brainwaves.

INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS

The Mind Mirror and the Lexicor measure and present brainwave patterns in totally different ways, with the Lexicor allowing evaluations of dowsing brainwave responses in multiple ways, including Fast Fourier Transforms (FFTs) and Trend Over Time displays, including clear color pictures of the outputs in the brainwave frequency bands. It can be stated that Walt Woods and all the other dowsers truly entered an altered state of human consciousness. All reported that they were subjectively in an altered state while dowsing and the measurements show objectively that they did enter an altered state to dowse. The dowser is feeling a different mental signature and they know it, they remember it, they act differently in it and it can also be seen on the records. Without this proof, the dowsers would be deluding themselves, wishing they were in a different mind state.

With dowser's "global" expansion of high power brainwaves simultaneously in theta, alpha and beta, dowsing is truly a creative state of mind, a creative altered state. Actually, there are two separate altered states, one eyes open using real dowsing instruments and another eyes closed using device less dowsing with a different profile and signature. The states are characterized with simultaneous coherent theta; including contact with the subconscious mind, the visual component of imagery and loss of time sense; coherent alpha, with he deep pillow of silence, quiet, beautiful both-hemisphere coherence; and coherent beta, with creative cognition, thought and intellectual analysis.

Comparing the eyes closed device less dowsing state with the eyes open pendulum dowsing state, relative alpha increases along with a very surprisingly high power level for relative beta with high coherence. This implies thoughts and visions coming directly to the cortex from the limbic brain system (the brain stem). Dr. Kelly raises the following questions: "is the dowser's answer accuracy, all other factors being equal (Can I, May I, Should I, and the correctly worded question, etc.), improved and enhanced if the eyes are closed during the dowsing?" The author, when field dowsing of rat last decade, locates a water well site eyes open and then does al the depth, flow rate, drill-ability and water quality questions eyes closed standing at the location. The eyes closed brainwave responses hint at this possibility and open the door for further study.

APPLICATIONS OF THE DOWSING BRAINWAVE RESULTS

This article has been concerned with measuring the mental aspects of dowsing. It is well documented that there are also physical and physiological relaxation mind - body requirements to dowse correctly⁵, ⁶. Emotional factors include dowsers apparent higher emotional levels of joy, appreciation, gratitude for being alive and response to need⁷. Spiritual factors including intent (your correctly worded questions completely understood by your high self), permission (Can I, May I, Should I) after intent and your opening of your connection to the universal mind via the global expansion of the brainwave patterns of your own mind⁸,⁹,¹⁰,¹¹.

Dr. Kelly provides this analysis after the evaluation of the brainwaves of all eight of the dowsers. "Dowsers are unusually mentally flexible. To have a mind that is flexible, labile and adaptive is good for your mental health. As we age, it is important to look at our brains as a muscle and push our mental capacities in new directions in the same way that we take care of our bodies with exercise and proper food. Dowsers are capable of shifting to a different and unique mental state with apparent ease. These brain gymnastics keep dowsers thinking about new things and constantly trying new idea. Dowsers cognitive schemes are constantly being shifted and the dowsing brainwave patterns are part of the dowsers natural mind state.

Once these globally expanded dowsing brainwave patterns are learned by repeated dowsing, they are constantly reinforced as dowsing prowess and progress increases and improves. The dowser has a multifaceted emerging interaction and a natural culture emerges. The dowsing brainwave patterns become a part of the dowser's daily life. The chicken feeds the eggs and the egg produces the chicken; it's a feedback loop and a learning loop combined." We can state at this time that:

DOWSING APPEARS TO BE A TRUE, UNIQUE AND CREATIVE HUMAN ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

REFERENCES

Edith M. Jurka, M.D.; BRAIN PATTERNS CHARACTERISTIC OF DOWSERS; The American Dowser Quarterly Digest, February 1983, pgs. 5-11 and Fall 1991, pgs.8-14.
Walt Woods; A LETTER TO ROBIN, A MINI-COURSE IN PENDULUM DOWSING; Revision 10.2; pg 19.
Patricia C. and Richard D. Wright; THE DIVINING HEART, DOWSING AND SPIRITUAL UNFOLDMENT; Destiny Books, One Park Street, Rochester, Vermont 05767; pg 55.
Matthew J. Kelly, PhD and Ed Stillman, MS; VIDEO OF WALT WOODS' BRAINWAVE DATA SESSION AND EVALUATION SESSION; Sedona, AZ; April 6,1996.
Ed Stillman; VIDEO - THE APPLICATION OF CLINICAL BIOFEEDBACK TO DOWSING; ASD WEST COAST CONFERENCE; July 2, 1989.
Robert McKusick, Globe Arizona; WHAT IS THIS DOWSING STUFF?; The American Dowser Quarterly Digest, Volume 35, No.2, Spring 1995; pgs 25-27.
Bud Brooksieker, Berea, Ohio; COULD IT BE DOWSING IS BEING IN THE FLOW OF THE UNIVERSE?; American Dowser Quarterly Digest, Volume 35, No.3, Summer 1995; pgs 26 - 30.
Walt Woods, Ed Stillman, Pete Warburton, Joline Stone; VIDEO - KEYNOTE ADDRESS: THE LEADING EDGE OF DOWSING; ASD Southwest Conference, Las Cruces, New Mexico; November 8,1996.
Mary Marie Satterlee; VIDEO - HOW TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION CORRECTLY; ASD Southwest Conference, Las Cruces, New Mexico; November 8, 1996.
Barbara Prisbe, Grants Pass, Oregon; A SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION FOR DOWSING? American Dowser Quarterly Digest, Volume 36, No.1, Winter 1996; pgs 16-17.
Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier; SOUND MIND, SOUND BODY - A NEW MODEL FOR LIFELONG HEALTH; Simon & Schuster, Rockefeller Center, 1230 Avenue of theAmericas, New York, NY 10020,1994; Chapters 4 and 5.

STATUS REPORT

BRAIN PATTERN CHARACTERISTICS OF DOWSERS

AS MEASURED ON THE LEXICOR CORP. NEUROSEARCH 24 BRAINWAVE ANALYZER

ED STILLMAN

ASD SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR

NOVEMBER 1996

ASD BRAINWAVE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF WHAT A DOWSER DOES?

OBTAINS HIGHLY SPECIFIC USEFUL INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL FIVE SENSES
A DOWSER DOES THIS BY ASKING QUESTIONS IN THEIR MIND IN THE FORM OF MENTAL OR VISUAL IMAGES OR WORD SYMBOLS AND BE RECEIVING THE ANSWERS VIA AN INDICATOR SUCH AS A Y ROD, L ROD OR PENDULUM OR WITHOUT A DOWSING INSTRUMENT (DEVICE LESS DOWSING)

OBJECTIVE IS TO PERFORM A STUDY OF DOWSER'S BRAINWAVES WHILE DOWSING

MEASURE BRAINWAVES USING A PENDULUM AND USING A VISUAL PENDULUM (DEVICE LESS DOWSING) WITH A STANDARD PROTOCOL
REPORT RESULTS IN THE AMERICAN DOWSER QUARTERLY

BRAINWAVE RESEARCH PERSONNEL & QUALIFICATIONS

MATTHEW J. KELLEY PhD, APPLIED PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIST

BA APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIV OF ALASKA, 6 YEARS GRADUATE WORK AT THE MERU RESEARCH UNIV, SWITZERLAND
PhD AMERICAN INST OF HYPNOTHERAPY, CERTIFIED MASTER HYPNOTHERAPISt
BIOFEEDBACK TRAINING - MENNINGER FOUNDATION; CERTIFICATION, ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY AND BIOFEEDBACK
TAUGHT MEDITATION AND STRESS MANAGEMENT TO SPECIAL UNITS WITHIN THE US MILITARY
PRIVATE PRACTICE, ADVANCED BIOFEEDBACK & SELF REGULATION, SEDONA, AZ

ED STILLMAN, ASD SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR

BS & MS, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MS MATH, REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, CA
BIOFEEDBACK TRAINING - GLADMAN HOSPITAL, OAKLAND, CA; CERTIFICATION, BIOFEEDBACK CERT INST OF AMERICA (RETIRED)
PRIVATE PRACTICE, CLINICAL BIOFEEDBACK APPLICATIONS, LOS ALTOS, CA
DOWSER, PRESENTER AND TEACHER AT CONFERENCES - 11 YEARS

BRAINWAVE RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND PROTOCOL

LEXICOR CORP NEUROSEARCH 24 BRAINWAVE ANALYZER

COST: $14,000 WITH INTEGRATED COMPUTER ANALYSIS AND COLOR CHART OUTPUT
PROVIDES 24 CHANNEL BRAINWAVE MEASUREMENTS, USES $250 "CAP" WITH INTEGRAL SENSORS AND WIRING HARNESs
EXCELLENT COMPLEMENT TO EARLIER "MIND MIRROR' EQUIPMENT
CAPABLE OF EXTENDING FEB 1983 AND FALL 1991 AMERICAN DOWSER ARTICLES BY EDITH M. JURKA, M.D.

STANDARDIZED BRAINWAVE MEASUREMENT PROTOCOL AND DOWSERS TESTED

SET UP FOR "RESEARCH QUALITY" LOW RESISTANCE CONNECTIONS TO THE SCALP VIA THE "CAP"
EYES CLOSED BASELINE (NOT DOWSING), THEN FOCUSED ATTENTION ON A PICTURE SELECTED BY DR. KELLEY
REAL PENDULUM DOWSING "AT TASK", USING WALT WOODS "A LETTER TO ROBIN" PENDULUM CHART
VISUAL PENDULUM (DEVICELESS DOWSING) "AT TASK"
A SHORT TIME PERIOD FOR THE DOWSER'S OWN EXPERIMENT AND ANALYSIS
TESTED TO DATE: WALT WOODS, TONY GEHRINGER, ED STILLMAN, MARY MARIE SATTERLEE, CAROLYN STILLMAN, JEANNE-MARIE GEHRINGER. SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER: BOB AND CHARMION MCKUSICK

FUNDING AND RESPONSIBILITIES

DR. KELLEY ($1500 AUTHORIZED BY ASD)

DR. KELLEY DOES ALL TESTING IN SEDONA, AZ; RECEIVES FEE OF $100 PER DOWSER TO RUN TESTS, ANALYZE DATA, PREPARE COLOR CHARTS AND ANALYZE EACH TEST WITH ED AND CRITIQUE ED'S FINAL REPORT
$1500 WILL ALLOW 14 DOWSERS (7 MALE AND 7 FEMALE) AND $100 FOR REVIEW AND CRITIQUE OF ED'S FINAL REPORT FOR THE AMERICAN DOWSER

ED STILLMAN

RECEIVES NO MONETARY COMPENSATION
NEGOTIATED $100 RATE PER DOWSER WITH DR. KELLEY
SCHEDULES APPOINTMENTS, VIDEOS SESSIONS, VIDEOS ANALYSIS
SESSIONS WHILE DISCUSSING EACH DOWSER'S RESULTS
PREPARES DRAFT OF INTERIM & FINAL REPORT FOR AMERICAN DOWSER

FUNDING ANALYSIS

AT $100 PER DOWSER, DR. KELLEY IS A BARGAIN
AT NO CHARGE FOR SCHEDULING, COORDINATION AND REPORT GENERATION, ED STILLMAN IS A BARGAIN ALSO
TRUSTEES SHOULD CONSIDER REIMBURSING ED STILLMAN FOR OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES FOR COLOR PICTURE GENERATION AND REPRO COSTS

PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

DOWSING IS TRULY A CREATIVE STATE OF MIND
UNUSUAL BETA BRAINWAVE COHERENCE, HIGH POWER LEVEL AND BRAINWAVE "SMOOTHNESS"
UNUSUAL RIGHT DOMINANCE IN BETA, ALPHA, AND THETA BRAINWAVES WHILE DOWSING "AT TASK", BOTH REAL PENDULUM AND VISUAL PENDULUM (DEVIC ELESS DOWSING)
UNUSUAL COHERENCE LEVEL WHILE DOWSING (ALL NEURONS FIRING IN SYNCHRONY
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EYES CLOSED BASELINE AND EYES CLOSED DEVICE LESS DOWSING (VISUAL PENDULUM)

DOWSING APPEARS TO BE A TRUE AND CREATIVE HUMAN ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Dowser's Brainwave Research Project Part 1

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DOWSERS BRAINWAVES RESEARCH PROJECT PART 1

ASD DIGEST VOLUME 37, NO. 1 WINTER 1997

DOWSER'S BRAINWAVE RESEARCH PROJECT

As Measured on the Lexicor Corp. Neurosearch 24 Brainwave Analyzer

BY ED STILLMAN

President, Verde Valley Chapter

ASD Scientific Advisor

Sedona, AZ

INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY

We know that dowsers obtain highly specific information in a YES -NO form by asking questions in their mind in the form of word and sentence questions or visual images. The answers are usually received by visually observing or feeling the physical motions of a real dowsing tool (a pendulum, Y rod, L rod or bobber) or by a virtual dowsing technique (device less dowsing)where the answer is sensed by a physiological change that the dowser has learned to recognize somewhere in their body. There is a decades old question: is there a measurable dowsing mind-state that is unique? Can dowsers brainwave characteristics be measured when they are actively dowsing? We are deeply indebted to Edith M. Jurka, M. D. for her most valuable and pioneering contributions to this research, published in the American Dowser¹, which showed us dowser brain patterns as measured on the Mind Mirror electroencephalograph (EEG) developed by Dr. C. Maxwell Cade and Geoffrey Blundell.

In 1996, new research was conducted on dowser brainwaves using modern, computer-controlled EEG equipment which can produce color pictures of the brainwave patterns while the dowser is actually dowsing. This research project has the objectives of understanding how the dowser's brainwaves react and change while dowsing, to provide self verification, knowledge and subjective recognition of the dowsing mind-state; and, in the future, to provide other dowsers with on-target neuro biofeedback to hone and develop dowsing talents and skills. Above all, this new project has already demonstrated that dowser's brainwaves show real, repeatable, measurable and truly unique changes during dowsing with both a real pendulum and with a virtual pendulum (mental device less dowsing). Dowsing can be said to be a truly creative state of mind. The first results of the 1996 ASD Dowser's Brainwave Research Project are presented here.

DOWSING APPEARS TO BE A TRUE, UNIQUE AND CREATIVE HUMAN ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

DOWSER'S BRAINWAVE MEASUREMENT TEST PROTOCOL

A group of 14 highly experienced and gifted dowsers will ultimately be tested, which will include seven men and seven women. This report covers the first eight dowsers who have completed testing, four men and four women. Matthew J. Kelly PhD, an Applied Psychophysiologist from Sedona, Arizona, was selected to do the brainwave measurements and analysis. His private practice, "Advanced Biofeedback and Therapeutic Hypnosis," includes ongoing use of a Lexicor Corp. Neuro search 24 Brainwave Analyzer as his brainwave measurement and analysis tool. The Neurosearch 24 is a modern, computer-controlled EEG system which produces color pictures of the dowser's brainwave patterns in specific frequency bands and outputs a variety of other separate data formats that allow detailed comparison of all parts of the test protocol for each dowser and for the same parts of the protocol for all of the dowsers.

FIGURE 1

ASD DOWSER'S BRAINWAVE RESEARCH PROJECT - 1996

Lexicor Corp. Neurosearch 24 Brainwave Analyzer

Set Up by Dr. Matthew J. Kelly,

Specialist in Applied Psychophysiology

The test protocol has the same five parts for each dowser. The dowser wears a special "cap" which contains 21 separate sensors. A high-salt conducting gel is injected into each sensor using a blunt needle so that good scalp contact is made and meter-verified as having low electrical resistance. A wiring harness from the cap connects to the data unit and then to the computer central processor and display. Figure 1 shows Dr. Kelly preparing the author for testing. Note that this dowser has a Walt Woods "pendulum dowsing multipurposeform"²on his lap and is holding a pendulum for the real pendulum part of the protocol.

For the first part of the protocol, the dowser is asked to relax, eyes closed and not ask any dowsing questions. Brainwaves are measured. The second part involves engaging the mind by looking at a picture selected by Dr. Kelly. The dowser is asked to focus attention on the picture, and to think about the people in the picture, their life and how the dowser would interact with them. No dowsing questions are to be asked while looking at the picture. Brainwaves are again measured.

The third part is to actually dowse with a real pendulum, eyes open. Some dowsers have dowsed for water bearing aquifers under the building, asking specific questions about depth and flow rate. Others have asked questions of the land spirits about the energy in the building. All asked CAN I, MAY I, SHOULD I and dowsed the answer to these three critical questions after asking their basic set-up questions. After their brainwaves were recorded, all of the dowsers confirmed that they were "at task" doing real dowsing and receiving their dowsing answers with the pendulum while observing Walt Wood's form for the numerical answers.

The fourth part of the protocol was to again dowse "at task," but to use a virtual pendulum (device less dowsing) eyes closed and sense the YES-NO answers, including numerical answers, by pre-identified physiological changes in their bodies. Brainwaves were again measured while each person was dowsing.

The fifth part was to allow the dowser to do their own brief experiment and have their brainwaves recorded while doing a task of their own choosing. Some for example, have chosen to send healing energy to a remote location.

It is noted here that to define common denominators in EEG records is difficult because each human brain is different. It is realized that an EEG readout is merely an external indication of electrical impulses from the brain - a side effect, if you will of some sort of activity that is beyond our comprehension. The organizing fields maintaining the pattern, as well as brain activity for even a simple task, are tremendously complex; every one of the neurons is in potential resonance with all fields of enfolded subtle energy throughout the universe³. Yet clear results about dowser's brainwave states have been achieved and are reported here.

BRAINWAVE FREQUENCY BAND DEFINITIONS

It is necessary to show and define the brainwave frequency bands so that Dr. Jurka's Mind Mirror testing and the new testing can be compared and analyzed. Figure 2 shows four major brainwave frequency bands which can be measured with an EEG, along with a sample of what each waveform looks like. People will feel different states of consciousness depending on the frequencies their brains are operating at, moment by moment. Brainwave frequencies are measured in cycles per second (cps). The cps measurements are expressed in Hertz (Hz). The characteristics are:

FIGURE 2

Beta (14-30Hz) is the awake brain rhythm when attention is focused on the outside world, such as reading or processing visual information. It appears in problem solving such as doing math. Metabolically, it represents a hight arousal level and anthropologically it is produced with fear, anxiety, orienting and response for vigilance the "fight or flight" mechanisms.

Alpha (8-13 Hz) is described as an awake state of quiet inner awareness and rest when not responding to stimuli from outside or inside the mind. If the eyes are opened, visual input immediately adds beta and other frequencies. Metabolically, it represents a lower arousal than beta and anthropologically, it represents a state of rest and absence of vigilance.

Theta (4-7 Hz) is characterized by reverie ("lost in thought"), images and in half awake states just before or after sleep. When combined with other frequencies, it represents subconscious orienting problem solving, inspiration or deep meditation. Metabolically, it represents a low state of arousal.

Delta (0.5-4 Hz) is normally found in deep dreamless sleep. However, Dr. C. Maxwell Cade of London¹ found that it was added to other brain frequencies during higher levels of consciousness, at the onset of paranormal phenomena, or when reaching out to the unknown.

MIND MIRROR EEG OUTPUTS OF A TALENTED DOWSER

The Mind Mirror is a special electroencephalograph (EEG) that measures the micro voltage at each frequency band on each side of the frequencies in greatest detail. It is really two separate EEGs, one for each side of the brain. Figure 3 shows the Mind Mirror output display with the pattern of a talented dowser. There are 28 rows of lights, 14 on each side. When measurements are made, a constantly moving picture representing the micro voltage level for each of the 14 brainwave frequency bands is displayed. In Figure 3, only one light is shown lit in each row. This represents the maximum microvolt level for the specific part of the dowser protocol.

FIGURE 3

MIND MIRROR DATA OUTPUTS

To aid our understanding of the new brainwave data, Dr. Jurka's comparison chart of different brainwave states from 1983 is shown in Figure 4. Here, a line is drawn on each side from the highest frequency to the lowest frequency with represents how far out from the center the light is lit (or not lit) for each row of lights. Thus, maximum brainwave microvolt levels in each frequency band are displayed and the resulting differences in patterns for meditators and dowsers are clearly shown.

FIGURE 4

BRAIN PATTERNS AS CHARACTERISTIC OF DOWSERS,

AS MEASURED BY THE MIND MIRROR

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PART 2

Dowsing the Depths of Reality

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DOWSING THE DEPTHS OF REALITY

THE KEY TO OTHER DIMENSIONS IN OUR WORLD

BY THOMAS J. MILLIREN

Intro -

I welcome this opportunity to share with you discoveries, experiences and methodology_I have used to explore dimensions of reality which we are a part of, but normally, have little access to.

Summary -

The lecture and workshop focus on three basic areas of personal experience and study.

The human phenomenon commonly termed dowsing/divining - an ancient art commonly associated with searching for underground water with a dowsing rod.
Geopathic energy fi e l d s which randomly project from the earth and are damaging to human health as well as animal and plant life.
The human aura consists of three separate energy fields which can be measured and evaluated by a competent dowser.
Psychic healing phenomenon, its dynamics and reality as viewed by a practicing dowser. Dowsing techniques used in past life, future life, psychic search anomalies as well as case histories.

AN OVERVIEW OF THE DOWSING?DIVING PHENOMENON

The word dowsing is not clearly defined by the Webster's Dictionary. However, it is believed to originate as an Anglo-Saxon Word identified with a mental process of search using a simple instrument called a dowsing rod. The word "diving" is synonymous with dowsing and appears to be much older and has the inference of spirituality or power of divine beings.

Reference to man's knowledge of dowsing appears in ancient Egyptian temple art and also in ancient cave art in Spain and North Africa. The wise mean, shaman and magi of ancient tribes and cultures used dowsing to obtain insight and information to foretell and predict dangers and things to come. So called "non-civilized" tribes in remote areas of the world are still practicing dowsing today as an accepted part of daily life.

Dowsing is the use, by the individual, of an inherent mental process. It is a latent mental ability which must be experienced by an individual through sensing a reaction or signal using one or more of his/her five senses, in essence, a biofeedback process.

The portion of the mind which senses the dowsing signal is not the logic mind or the five senses but is another portion, the sub-conscious, which has much deeper access to a broad spectrum of information. It is unknown where this information originates from, whether it's internal or external in source. It appears to function outside the reference to three dimensional concepts and time in the earth plane. As we function in a pure dowsing state, physical dimensions of distances, etc. and time become altered or nonexistent. Time becomes instantaneous with thought, distances referenced to physical displacement becomes limitless.

To initiate the dowsing process, several simple instruments are used. The instruments are essentially extensions of the dowser him/herself detecting and amplifying minute physical movements which then can be seen, felt and thus, interpreted as to their meaning.

GEOPATHIC FIELDS AND THEIR DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS

Geopathic, or noxious energy field emanating from the earth's surface produce destructive effects to life forms, human and plant as well as inert masonry materials, etc. Their effect on humans is very complex but are believed rooted in mental disorders and disruption of "normal" human processes.

On location geopathic fields can be neutralized quite easily and without great expense. I have written a booklet entitled "Geopathic Noxious Field are Damaging to Your Health." The booklet is based entirely on personal research and working with people who have experienced health problems resulting from exposure to geopathic field energy.

MEASURING AND EVALUATING ASPECTS OF THE HUMAN AURA USING DOWSING TECHNIQUES

The human aura can be measured and evaluated by a competent dowser who has been properly trained in the technique. The auric energy fields which surround and permeate the physical body have a direct relationship to the physical body. In essence, they are mirror images of each other. Therefore, distress on one level is reflected in the other levels. Many anomalies which appear in the physical. disease, I.E. injuries, possession, etc. can be detected in the energy fields using the dowsing techniques.

THE PSYCHIC HEALING PHENOMENON

Physical anomalies can be totally or partially eliminated through alteration and manipulation of the auric energy fields. This process is commonly referred to as "spiritual or psychic healing." The dowsing phenomenon allows access to these areas of information which are typically beyond the scope of today's technology. There is great potential for the use of dowsing technology in the field of human health.

Dowsing also has great potential in affecting many aspects of mental health. It can b used as an analytical tool in measuring and search out psychological problems and their origins. Within the past two years, I have concentrated my research in the area of anomalies with the mind, their causes and correction.

I have also conducted a great deal of research into the phenomenon identified through the ages as "spirit possession." I have, through actual experiences, developed a very. effective and safe way to work with people affected with spirit possession.

I have also researched a dowsing technique which I find very effective in performing past life search and release of residual emotional trauma which are very destructive to the person and in severe cases can manifest in self-destructive tendencies.

In summary, I cannot over empathize the importance of the information I have briefly touched on and will be present in greater detail with much supporting data and case histories. I believe my engineering background has provided me with the necessary guidelines to analyze these phenomena from a logical basis. Some of the experiences are beyond reality as we know it. Therefore, we find ourselves in a relatively unexplored area of human reality. In essence, a new stage of reality in which we are the players.

BIOGRAPHY

I am retired and therefore quite free to do research work and travel. I retired nine years ago as a manager in the General Electric Company's Locomotive Department. My technical background is in electrical engineering, technical writing and customer product service. I owe a significant part of my career success to the use of some aspects of the dowsing technology which will be summarized in this paper and discussed in greater depth in the lecture and workshop programs.

I am a member of the scientific committee and life-time member, trustee and past Chapter President of the American Society of Dowsers headquartered in Danville, Vermont. I am also an active member of the Seven Continent Dowsing Society which is located int he Chicago, Illinois area and The International Association for New Science in Fort Collins, Colorado.

I have taught numerous schools on dowsing and related phenomenons as well as lectured at a number of colleges and organizations throughout the U.S.A.

Thomas J Milliren

March 13, 1994

Dowsing Skill Builder: Field Notes

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FIELD NOTES: A DOWSERS GUIDE

SKILL BUILDR BY PRES. SANDI ISGRO

21 DAY Dowsing Journey

This is designed to be a fun journey to investigate your dowsing abilities. Be like our little dowsing mole, search, observe, and report. Don’t make Judgements or try to evaluate results. Just dowse and report! This exercise is meant to take no more than 10 min. of your time.

You will need a notebook, 3 different dowsing tools (one for each week). They can be a pendulum, L-Rods, or Y-rod - (you can choose 3 different kinds of pendulums - or some combination of these) Pen or pencil and outdoor thermometer.

Week 1

List the tool you will use for this exercise and the date and time.

Day 1

Question #1

Dowse What is the temperature outside your home right now?

Record your answer.
Go look at a thermometer and see how close you came.
Record the true temp

Question #2

Dowse How many letters will you receive from a friend today?

Look in your mail box
Record the answer.

Question #3

Will i learn something beneficial to me if i go to ______________(store, house, restaurant, etc.) today?

Record what you learned or didn’t learn.

Repeat this set of questions, recording the answers for the next 6 days.

Summarize Week 1.

Question 1How many times were you within 2 degrees of the right answer?
Question 2 How many times were you right?
Question 3How many times did you learn something beneficial. What did you experience?

How did you feel working with this tool? Comfortable? Confused?

Did you get clear answers using this tool?

Did it respond quickly to your questions?

Any other feelings about this tool?

Week 2

List a new tool and the date and time

Repeat the above questions , recording the answers for all 7 days

Summarize Week 2. As above

Week 3

List a new tool and date and time

Repeat the above questions, recording the answers for 7 days

Summarize Week 3 as above

*NOTE* You can make up your own questions but they should follow this pattern.

Question #1 must be immediately verifyable.

Question #2 unknown until you pick up your mail but still verifyable that day

Question #3 Awareness question-by asking this question you open your awareness to the universe trying to communicate with you.

FINALLY AFTER COMPLETING 21 DAYS

Summarize your dowsing experience

Has your dowsing become more accurate?

Have you found one tool works better for you than the others?

What have you learned about your dowsing abilities?

Under what circumstances are your answers the most accurate? Did you ask all of your questions just after getting up in the morning? Or at night?

Can you recognize when you are in the dowsing state?

Can you feel synchronicity?

Or connection in your answers to Question #3.?

What else have you noticed about your abilities?

START Your 21 Day Journey Now! To answer these questions and more, in this February Dowsing Skill Builder.

See What You Look At

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SEE WHAT YOU LOOK AT

BY MARTY LUCAS

“See what you look at” is a quote from Dr. Dan Scow. Dr. Scow was a brilliant veterinarian and soil scientist. He was also one of those teachers that believed if you weren’t smart enough to ask the right question, he wouldn’t tell you until you did.

His point was simple. Most of the things we need to know are right in front of us, but until we ask the right question, they stay hidden. However, to ask that question we must be willing to step into the unknown and change our perspective.

There is no better tool for that than dowsing. We can get an answer to any question, no matter how silly, or illogical, or even forbidden. The answers are easy. But asking the right question in the right way is the challenge. A challenge we all endure. Then overcome when you finally allow yourself the freedom to start asking more questions, then you start to see just how interesting our world is. The ‘rules’ and ‘natural laws’ we were taught in school are neither universal, nor mandatory.

Don’t believe me? Then let me open a couple of doors for you.

Dr. Ellen Kamhi tells us that EVERY wives’ tale she has investigated turned out to be true. When you consider what she means by that, it means our ancestors were very smart and very practical people. They did things because by doing them their lives were made easier.

We may call it superstition, but by doing so, all we are doing is proving our own ignorance.

For instance, mainstream science doesn’t have an accepted reason for why dowsing works, so they discount it as nonsense. But our ancestors certainly believed in it. Here is just a single example.

Every farmstead across the Midwest needed a well. Without a well, they couldn’t cook, clean or keep livestock. So, they dowsed for where to dig their well. Digging a well is a major endeavor. Not only is there the digging, but there is also the getting the soil out of the hole and shoring up the sides of the hole (usually done with rocks). So, for the farmer looking to dig, he must first get all his other work done, so he can spend the several days needed for digging. He must find, gather, and carry the rocks he will need to shore up the sides of the hole as he digs. Furthermore, after just a few feet, he needs help lifting the soil out of the hole and eventually lifting him up as well.

So just imagine after digging all day in a deep dark hole, then finding the energy to climb up the rope to get out…. Then rest up, do the daily chores and get ready for the next day. Not forgeting, before you leave the hole at night, you will need to build the rock walls to keep it from caving in.

IF dowsing for a well site was just chance, then throughout the Midwest, you would expect to find ‘dry holes’ from unsuccessful wells. You would expect to see the shoring they did on the walls, and those holes would likely be at least 15’ deep.

You don’t see that. Anywhere.

That is because, dowsing for water works. It doesn’t make any difference if the scientists believe it, because we have proof on nearly every farm from New York to Nebraska.

That is what I mean by SEEING what you look at. Here is another example.

Nicola Tesla invented the bifilar antenna. That is the antenna used in radionic instruments. The concept is to take the signal, bend it back upon itself so that it cancels the electric and magnetic components of the signal, it cancels all the interference. We see the same bifilar design in a labyrinth. The path takes the person around and doubles back and around again. Just walking a labyrinth can clear your mind and calm your nerves. The point is you are doing the same thing! You are cancelling the energies that are not harmonious.

But wait it gets better….

In biodynamic farming, they make their preparations, then stir them in specific ways…. First clockwise for so many seconds then counterclockwise, the clockwise…. They do this for hours. The very best biodynamic farmers keep a specific intent in mind as they stir. So, not only are they AGAIN, cancelling the discordant energies, by stirring back and forth they also opening up the liquid crystalline structure of the water to accept new patterns.

When you SEE what is happening, then you can also see how perhaps you can improve your next labyrinth, or your next preparation.

One last example for this paper.

In homeopathy the final step in clocking the new patterns into the liquid is succussing. In most cases, by shaking the preparation, or in some cases tapping the container on the side. Each and every one of us has made a homeopathic preparation. Maybe you just didn’t know it. At some time, you were gathered around a table, and someone offered a toast, then you all clinked your glasses together. In effect, you created an intent, (a thought pattern) then you succussed it into the drink. Creating a thought pattern, then thumping the container ingrains that pattern into the liquid crystalline structure of the water.

So, what is happening when you are at a heavy metal concert? Is there an energetic message being presented? Yes, through the lyrics. Is it being succussed? Yes, through the bass…... Whether that is a pattern you want impressed into the liquids in your body or not, is up to you. But when you SEE what is happening, then you can decide how to move forward.

So, many of the things we seek are hidden right in plain sight…….

Questions to Ask When You Are Stuck

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 13:00:00 GMT

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JANUARY '26 NEWSLETTER DOWSING SKILL BUILDER

QUESTION TO ASK WHEN YOU ARE STUCK

BY SANDI ISGRO

Much like the advice to turn it off and back on again sometimes the simplest answer is the solution. It's always a good habit to keep the fundamentals in mind so your dowsing can be consistent.

Fundamental Dowsing: Do I Need to....?

1. Do I need to: Ground? or Center?

Breath? Touch the Ground? or Meditate?

2. Do I need to Clear for Interference to my Dowsing?

3. Use Either Your Protocol or

follow the "May I, Can I, Should I" Protocol below:

"May I Dowse For.....?"

"Can I Dowse For This.....?"

"Should I Dowse for This.....?"

Once you are consistent with the fundamentals the margin for error is significantly diminished. Error however is not gone. Bellow are some helpful questions to hone in on the WHY your dowsing may be inconclusive.

Question to ask to find the RIGHT question:

1. Write your question down. This avoids unclear questions when you read what you have written down. Unclear questions stand out like a sore thumb.

2. If you are getting conflicting answers to the same question, you can either rephrase the question or go back to the basics. Going back to the basics acts like your reset button.

3. Don Taylor suggests that you dowse each word in your question to see if it is the RIGHT word.

Would there be a better word to use?

Is there a word missing in the question?

Is there another question I should ask?

Stop Chasing Symptoms Fix Your Root Cause!

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 13:00:00 GMT

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JANUARY '26 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

ASD DIGEST VOLUME 58, NO. 4 WINTER/SPRING 2019

STOP CHASING SYMPTOMS FIX YOUR ROOT CAUSE!

By Aaron Singleton

To resolve the root cause of a complaint, illness or condition that is adversely affecting your health requires determining why, how and when the pathogen, trauma or energy that took you out of homeostasis/balance entered your body. We refer to this as an original trigger or core imbalance that did not allow for normal restoration of homeostasis. Since 1993, our Singleton Medical Intuitive Root Cause Model has evolved into an entire framework and healing process to restore health in many thousand of clients.

I use our Energy of Life ® (EOL) Integrative Healing process to initiate a fascinating journey through unlimited possibilities for resolving the root cause of your complaint, illness or condition, no matter how minor or severe.

Within my practice, I have found headaches or migraines originating from the tailbone or sacrum, back neck and head injuries, emotions, toxins, pathogens and more. Rheumatoid arthritis may come from joint inflammation, but what is the cause of the inflammation? Antibiotics, antidepressants and anesthesia may still be in your body or brain 40 years after you were treated.

Physical or emotional trauma and shock may affect you in untold ways. Bacteria Viruses and candida may be in your brain, thyroid, sinuses, intestines, bladder, ovaries, uterus, vaginal lining, prostate, testicles, etc. If you can dowse the what, when, and how questions, you may be able to resolve it yourself.

Some time ago I met a client diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis who was on anti-inflammatory medications. When I evaluated her condition, I found misalignment of both first ribs, both elbows and wrists, and the carpal bones in her hands. The stress and compression in the misaligned joints were the cause of her pain and inflammation. After treatment, her pain was immediately gone and she could open jars and turn door knobs with ease. Three years ago, I evaluated a client in her 60s who could not read for more than 10 minutes without experiencing terrible eye fatigue. Her root cause turned out to be sadness stuck in her optic nerve from age 6. She reported that later in the evening, following her session with me, her eye fatigue was completely gone. Since then, she is able to read for hours at a time.

Many times, people will accept their pain or condition as part of "just getting old." I believe there is a root cause for everything, but you have to be willing to think and look outside the box. A medical diagnosis is not the root cause of your situation or condition. The medical model simply gives the cluster of symptoms a name. In some cases, your root cause may be genetic, so let's go into your gene pool and repair it. The bullying, physical, emotional or sexual abuse you experience as a child or adult may be too painful to look at, so let's bypass the brain and simply remove it from your thought field, aura, bioplasmic field, torus field, or chakras.

Chasing symptoms with medications and sometimes unnecessary surgeries or medical procedures just leads to more of the same. Finding and resolving your root cause is the most important and empowering journey you can do for yourself.

If you dowse it, you can find it.

If you dowse it, you can fix it.

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#Giving Tuesday

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:00:00 GMT

#Giving Tuesday

Dear Friends and Members of the American Society of Dowsers, For more than 66 years, the American Society of Dowsers has been a gathering place where curiosity meets connection — where generations of seekers, teachers and innovators come together to explore, learn, and preserve wisdom. But we cannot do it without you! While your membership dues help defray our operating expenses, it’s only through your generous donations that we can expand our programs and preserve our legacy.

This past year has been one of growth, renewal, and forward motion. We’ve continued to expand our educational programming, strengthen community outreach, and modernize the tools that keep this legacy alive.

Strengthening Connections

ASD continues to grow its partnerships with organizations like the British Society of Dowsers and The Labyrinth Society, strengthening our shared mission of education and exploration. New board members and chapter leaders across the country are revitalizing local outreach and creating opportunities for learning, collaboration, and community building.

Why Your Support Matters

All of this progress is possible because of you, our members, friends, and supporters.

Your tax-deductible donation helps us:

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What is a Dowser?

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:00:00 GMT

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DECEMBER '25 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

WHAT IS A DOWSER?

BY THE ASD BOARD OF TRUSTEES

When you tell someone you are a dowser, what is their response?

Surprise?

Maybe… or

“You mean you find water with a stick?"

Maybe they give you a blank stare as if you just told them that you're from a different planet!

It depends.

But in certain circles of esoterics, you're likely talking to someone who's been dowsing for years, but didn't know that what they were doing was, in fact, dowsing!

This is how we The American Society of Dowsers (ASD) identify who is and who is not already a Dowser.

When working our vendor booth at events like the Natural Living Expo, one of the first questions we ask curious shoppers is,

"Do you dowse?"

They'll often look around sheepishly and say, "No". We then might ask them why they felt compelled to stop by our booth. Was it just chance, or did they feel somehow drawn to it?

This tends to pique their curiosity.

We then might ask if they have ever felt that they should call someone, and immediately that person calls them? This also could be you need to see someone and they show up? Because so many of us have experienced that very thing, you are curious about the question and its relevance to dowsing. You are unknowingly using the “dowsing mind “ to send a message. We then ask them if they know how to use a pendulum, to which they will nod their heads and say that they've been using a pendulum for many years, or that they've been trained on how to use muscle testing, or that their grandfather once taught them how to use a wooden stick to find water. With a big smile then you can tell them, "Then you're a Dowser, and by the way, welcome home!"

Over ASD's 66 years of existence, we have devoted our time to developing ways to teach people how to use the tools of our trade to seek what cannot be discerned with the naked eye or our other four senses alone. We teach people to refine their questions to get more accurate responses. We teach proven techniques that work, while being open to new information and practices. While some have gone as far as to say that they have found THE way or the BEST way to dowse, as an inclusive society of water witchers, doodlebuggers, geomancers, practitioners, engineers, and esoteric investigators, we have often discovered that the BEST way to be a dowser is a personal journey of discovery where YOUR way is generally best, no matter what anyone else says.

In our dowsing school curriculum, we'll show you what generally works for most people. However, no matter how you ultimately learn to dowse, the RESULTS are far more important than the technique. If what you are doing is getting you accurate results, then who cares how you arrived at your conclusion? Most importantly, you are supported on your journey, you have a place, and a voice here with the American Society of Dowsers. If you've never dowsed before or you've been dowsing for decades, if you decide to attend one of our classes, we guarantee you'll learn something that will help you on your journey to find your personal BEST way to dowse!

Dowsing Skill Builder: Blind Dowsing

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Dowsing Skill Builder:

Blind Dowsing

-Sandi Isgro

Many Dowsers have found that if they are “personally “ too close to the question they are trying to dowse, they get conflicting or erratic answers.

Here are two Solutions to this problem.

Number One:

Call a dowsing buddy who you trust. Have the question that you wish answered written down. Ask them to dowse for the answer to the question you have written. Do NOT tell them the question. You can even say “ What is the answer to the question i am holding in my left hand”.

Number Two:

1. Get at least 6 pieces of identical size and color paper. (I like to use sticky notes. Plus it has a sticky strip to seal it)

2. Write a yes or no verifiably Known question (ex. My name is ………..) on the other 5 pieces of paper. Seal and fold in exactly the same way as the first piece. Now you have 6 identical pieces of paper. Each with a simple Yes or No answer to it. 5 of them you already know the answer to!

Tip: Write your question on the sticky side to fold and seal.

3. Put them in a bowl , bag etc. Mix them up,

4. Pull out one - Dowse/ Ask “Is the answer to the question written on this paper YES?”

5. If “YES” place it in a designated yes spot. DO NOT OPEN IT.

Continue dowsing until all 6 have been placed into either a Yes or No pile.

6. Now open them. All correct answers = yes questions should be in the Yes pile.

If your True Question is not in this pile the answer is No.

Note: At this point you can continue to ask more defining questions about the question you wanted an answer to.

Dowsing and the Energies of Labyrinths

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 22:07:35 GMT

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

NOVEMBER '25 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

Dowsing and the Energies of Labyrinths

and a Call for Volunteers for Worldwide Labyrinth Day

-LeeAnn Potter

Most people know what a labyrinth is, but not as many know about the Energies associated with a labyrinth. It has been found by Energy workers over a hundred years ago, that all sacred sites in England that have Labyrinths have ley lines going through them. Ley lines are now known to circle the planet and labyrinths in various parts of the world have, through dowsing, been found to have ley lines going through them. Therefore, it is surmised labyrinths can use these pathways for both transferring energy, connecting to Source Energy, and for communicating with one another.

But what about the energies of the labyrinth itself?

Each labyrinth has its own unique energy signature. The signature is a function of the labyrinth design – the number of circuits, presence of lunettes, its size, any extra design feature like Runes, the path widths of the labyrinth, the placement of turns in the walkway path of the labyrinth, and the intent behind its creation. The largest determining factor is the Energies inherent in the location and placement of the labyrinth.

So how is dowsing useful when working with labyrinths?

Dowsing can be used for determining the proper placement of a labyrinth on the property. The proper placement of a labyrinth will help to ensure its connectivity to the Earth’s ley lines. It will also help to draw water to the labyrinth. It can call a water dome up from beneath the labyrinth (as used in Africa by former ASD members searching for potable water).

Dowsing can be used to help determine the location of the ley lines that the labyrinth would connect to, which will make it easier to connect to the broader network.

Dowsing can be used to help determine if the design of the labyrinth needs to be modified in some way to help facilitate the intended purpose of the labyrinth. Dowsing can also determine if the design is optimal for the location and purpose, and to determine its geometry with respect to other nearby labyrinths. Purposes of labyrinths include health and wellbeing, connecting to your highest source, bringing joy and peace to your conscious mind, and sending your prayers for peace and wellbeing out across the ley lines throughout the world

When human beings walk to the center of a labyrinth and join the Universal Source Energy to the Earth, it can then be transmitted through the ley lines to other places. This is the purpose of the Worldwide Labyrinth Day event. It is held the first Saturday in May.

Many ASD members have heard that ASD has formed a formal relationship with The Labyrinth Society. One of the purposes of the relationship is to foster understanding of how dowsers can work with labyrinths and Earth energies. The Labyrinth Society supports and promotes Worldwide Labyrinth Day. They have organized a worldwide walk on labyrinths to coincide at the same time for peace and harmony. Since there are some time zones where there is no labyrinth to walk, Dowsers can help facilitate the connection of energies through these zones to other labyrinths, using the ley lines and the labyrinths. Dowsers can help facilitate this effort, and we are looking for volunteers to do this work. Volunteers will hold energy for those spots in the blank time zones for about 5-10 minutes in unison at 1pm on May 2, 2026. If you would like to be a part of this world wide effort for peace and harmony, please let us know by sending an email to Lee Ann Potter at admin@dowsers.org with your contact information.

“Walk as one at 1”

May 2, 2026

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Gnowing Wise Water

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 21:36:19 GMT

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

NOVEMBER '25 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

QUARTERLY DIGEST
VOUME 43, NO.3 SUMMER 2004

GNOWING WISE WATER

BY RAVEN LITTLEONE

Let me paint a setting for my (this also includes my husband Peter's) experience on this given subject. For the last ten years (plus Peter's 18 years) we have been stewards of magical springs in Northern Ontario. In all these years we have under-gone numerous studies; scientific and alternative, plus continuously listen to the voice of the water.

In the last year, we built a 44' seven-circuit labyrinth 'ODORATA', surrounded by a 12-standing stone medicine wheel. To enter one chooses one of the snaking, three-tier Egyptian flowers, brick paths, leading to a Celtic cross, left-handed, south entrance doorway. In one of the two-circles between the Egyptian flowers, stands elevated, an east-facing Easter Island Head, three-and-a-half feet high. In the other circle, dug out a foot, a stone seat faces a ritual fire bowl made of lava rock.

Approximately four feet away, another small garden has been dedicated to a Chinese goddess. She gracefully stands aligned north/south with the medicine wheel. I dowsed and found a north/south and an east/west energy ley; four water domes; etc... Just to show my connection with the psyche of the water, and the guardian of the land, these water domes appeared afterwards and also shifted when I moved the center to a visually appropriate space! One dome is located under the new center, one under the Easter Island Head, one under the ritual fire bowl, and one under the goddess. (Just think of how Lourdes and Fatima's healing waters came forth!)

I must admit to having no plans at any time during the sculpturing of this space. No-mind/thoughts, just loving to create and play.

What I am trying to show us dowsers, is that we have a responsibility to understand all facets of water, so that one may be a better conductor within ourselves of water as a Divine Consciousness. I will utilize passages from the book by Wm E. Marks "The Holy Order of Water."

The reason why this book on water stands out more than any we have ever read is, first of all, it is current (published in 2001). Just about everything we learnt about water in the last ten years of our studies on this subject, not to mention living with a source of Wise Water, was in this book. Do yourself a favor and become familiar with water's true essence by reading William's book.

P20 "The fact that water has been discovered throughout interstellar space, ... Thales (Greek philosopher circa 600B.C.) proposed that all things come from water and that all heavenly bodies, including our earth, float in water ...Water therefore may be the connecting interstellar intermediary between all matter in the universe."

My comments: For us dowsers the same words could be applied to everything one dowses for:

· Dowsing for water

· At any depth

· Dowsing for one's or other's health

· Our cells are 99% water

· Dowsing for geopathic stress

· Underground flowing water

· Dowsing for minerals

· Composed of water

· Dowsing a labyrinth

· Water dome(s)

· Dowsing for anything magnetic

· Runs on water veins

· Dowsing for anything electrical

· Runs on water veins

P.19 "Scientific studies have also showed that water reacts to cosmic influences. It has been observed in laboratories that water used in mixing chemical solutions does not always remain the same. Further studies revealed that the water in the solutions was being influenced by shifts in the earth's magnetic field or by explosions on the sun. How and why water is so sensitive to such cosmic influences, even in laboratories deep underground, remains a mystery ... This means that water is far more sensitive and responsive entity than most people ever imagined."

My comments: How sensitive and responsive is the water in your body?

P.21 Modern science is now speculating that small microbes called extremophiles (because they survive under extreme conditions) may represent the first life form created on earth. These microbes have been discovered in volcanic pools and in the deepest depths of our oceans in above-boiling heat where there is no oxygen or sunlight.

My comments: Our home is located on the oldest rock formation on earth The Canadian Shield (highway #11 North in Northern Ontario) - very near the beginning of the world (see: Arrivals - Stories from the History of Ontario, P.22.) The eruption of local volcanoes spewed intensely hot granite lava, crystallizing the limestone of the ancient seabed, and created a high-tension zone of calcite crystals that the water levitates to the surface through. This results into a highly structured water which is capable of carrying lots of encoded information.

A student in Environmental Studies at Canadore College in 1994 explored, for his degree papers, this unknown bacteria living in our spring - in & out of oxygen or sunlight. Unknown origin was the outcome. P.25 "Water is always working to create conditions conducive to life."

My comments: 7 to 7.2 is close to a neutral state for our body. If our body exists in other than neutral state (most of the time), what happens when the water in our body sends a message? Calling and talking to underground water veins for example? How is the message deciphered? Does the water in the ground read our body language; if so, how does it read an overly acid or overly alkaline body; in comparison to what our mind asks for? What message does your body convey? Is it one and the same with the water in your body? What kind of water will you attract?

P.26 "For whatever reason, according to the laws of water, life was meant to enjoy the greatest success and abundance when water is close to neutra1."

My comments: When dowsing for a well, one asks for potable water. One may also ask for ratings of life-force (ex. 0 to 10). What about asking for its pH level?

Do we take time to speak to the soul of that particular water and communicate as we would with a Divine, feeling being? Have you ever encountered a Wise Water source? How can we relate this image in our heart, if we have never encountered such a source? What are we calling to us?

P26 "...the unique chemical signature of the stream ...there are also electromagnetic and cosmic influences specific to each body of water ..."

My comments: Water has a fingerprint; a soul; maybe even a DNA! What does man-made or man-intervened water carry? Its maker's make-up?

P.28 Physical Attributes of Lake Baikal/Sacred Sea

· 4°C winter or summer

· Saturated with fresh oxygen

· Natural water purity

· Its ability to self-clean

· Ability to support life forms from its surface down to its deepest depth

· Living water

· Unique ecosystem

· Healthy cold-water conditions

· Specifics of rare life forms that can be found nowhere on the planet

· Deep rift

· So clear

· Spiritual and healing qualities ...

"For the reasons expressed above and many more, it makes sense that we give priority to understanding Lake Baikal and other bodies of water and the life they hold."

My comments: The important part is that we do start relating to these special bodies of water, so that we may begin to gnow through intimate relationship, what "living water" is all about. What wisdom is hidden in these waters?

Have you ever encountered a Wise Water source? It appears people like Viktor Schauberger (see Callum Coats' book entitled 'Living Energies') and some scientists have so far enabled us to know the physical characteristics of what constitutes Wise Water; and more still to be discovered.

Freddy Silva in his book "Secrets in the Field" mentions that one of the key components to the making of crop circles (by the Circle Makers, not man-made) is the location. England's sacred sites where there is an abundance of water flowing through limestone, creating a high electrical charge, is a favorite. These are located on ley lines, are ancient places of

veneration, might still have healing and spiritual properties, create geomagnetic anomalies etc. So, we have a certain type of water, with a great capacity for being encoded.

As we entertain the idea of deciphering the Language of Light, we need to familiarize ourselves with the Divine attributes of Wise Water. In our new consciousness, Wise Water of our earth require to be handled with sacredness for it to release its messages. To create a Living Water Temple in our own bodies is a first step. 'As Above, So Below.'

Wise Water= Ancient & most Recent Wisdom.

Wise People read your body language and see through your ego.

Wise Water does the same.

Wise People will give you what you understand at whatever level you are at.

Wise Water acts in the same way.

If one has never encountered Wise Water, how can one emulate through feeling memories what it is looking for when dowsing? For mankind to re-discover its waterways, it must come in contact with the ancient & most recent memories of Wise Water (also known to us as 'Water of the Original Creation') through its heart connection.

Raven LittleOne
RR #2 Powassan, Ontario POH 1Z0

'The Holy Order of Water' by William E. Marks
ISBN 0-88010-483-X

'Secrets in the Field' by Freddy Silva
ISBN 1-57174-322-7

'Living Energies' by Callum Coats
ISBN 0-946551-97-9

'Arrivals - Stories from the History of Ontario'
by John Bentley Mays
ISBN 014301340-8

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Dowsing Skill Builder: Basic Earth Energies

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Dowsing Skill Builder:

Basic Earth Energies, Dowsing & Clearing Protocols

Dowsing is a skill that can be applied in a variety of ways and focuses. ASD draws from a host of resources to provide insight into the vast study that guides our Dowsers today.

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BASIC EARTH ENERGIES DOWSING & CLEARING PROTOCOL

BY WILLIAM GEE

Below is a detailed outline of one such way to use dowsing to facilitate an energetic change. The Source materials for this simplified protocol include "Quantifying and Healing Earth Energies" by John Irving, Volume 43, No. 1, Winter 2003, Letter to Robin: Dowsing Insights and Tested Protocols by Walt Woods, and in our upcoming book, The Essence of Dowsing by Gary Storozuk. You can use any dowsing tool for this protocol, but our recommendations are the L-rods or Y-rod to assist you in Step 1, the pendulum in Step 2, and the bobber in Step 3.

Before we begin, we must understand exactly what we are looking for when it comes to “Noxious Energies”. Simply put, noxious energies are conduits, vortexes, or intensified energetic patterns that, when put in contact with living tissue, have the potential to cause both short-term and long term physiological damage. Noxious energies can be both natural and manmade.

Additionally, when multiple noxious energy types coexist in one location, their detrimental effects can be amplified. Specific descriptions of each noxious energy type and their specific effects can be found in the source material above.

Step 1: Observation

Begin your investigation through simple observation. Identify the places where you, your family members, and your pets like to spend a lot of time, and identify the places where people and pets generally don’t like to go. If you have houseplants, identify which locations your plants tend to struggle in and which locations they tend to thrive in.

Step 2: Dowse the Energies

Now, it’s time to break out your dowsing tools. I recommend using Walt Woods’ “Hormetic Curve” or “Personal Dowsing Chart”, but you can also use a simple “beneficial energies chart” when doing this part of your investigation.

In each spot you have identified in Step 1, use the dowsing chart to determine the energetic frequency of the area. Your question should be something like:

“Please indicate the energetic frequency of this particular spot, using the indications of this chart as the baseline and measurement of beneficial and nonbeneficial energies.”

Record your results using the numeric values on your chart of choice. At this point, you could investigate further to determine whether the energies indicate Curry or Hartman lines, vortexes, EMF, entities, thought forms, curses, blessings, or a combination of different energies, but at the end of the day, what you want is the same regardless of what type of noxious energy you are dealing with. You want it fixed to the point where the noxious energies are no longer going to cause problems for you and your family.

Step 3: Clear the Noxious Energies

Throughout the decades, many protocols have been developed to mitigate specific noxious energies in the home. These include the “Iron Stake Method”, Pyramid placement, the placement of certain rocks, minerals, or semi-precious stones, runes, herbs, burning incense, candles, and a plethora of other protocols and methods too numerous to mention. In my experience, no one method is superior to another beyond the specific method that best resonates with the person employing it. If the protocol or method doesn’t feel right for you, then it won’t matter how often you do it or how precisely you follow the ritual of placement; it simply won’t work.

What I do is I use my pendulum or bobber, and I form an energy vortex in the area that I wish to be cleared. I do this by initiating a clockwise circular motion with my pendulum or bobber and directing the energy to the location I’m clearing. This can be done either in-person or remotely, as energy knows no boundaries with space or time. With the intention of mitigating or moving any noxious energies that are harming me or the beings who live in my home, I call upon the universe to alter the polarity of the harmful energies and either dissipate or transmute them to emit positive energy. When the work is finished, I instruct my dowsing to give me a “yes” response, and I verify my work by asking, “Is the work complete?”. If I receive a “yes” response, I move on to the next location.

Step 4: Check Your Work

Go back to Step 2, and using the same measurement protocol, dowse the energies using your chart and compare your results to your baseline investigation. Have the numbers changed more to the beneficial energies rather than the nonbeneficial energies? To what degree? Write down your results. If the energies did not change as a result of your clearing efforts, it is possible that you did not pick a protocol that resonates with you. So, pick another and try again until your numbers improve.

Periodically over the next few months, go back and repeat this protocol. If the clearing sticks, that’s great! If it doesn’t, try again or try a different clearing protocol. If the energies refuse to budge no matter what you do, don’t be afraid to call a professional dowser to assist you, as there may be some additional factors you might not be aware of.

I hope this simple protocol helps to keep your home fresh and clean of noxious energies!

A Dowser’s Ghost Story

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:00:00 GMT

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

OCTOBER '25 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

ASD DIGEST
VOLUME 42, NO.2 SPRING 2002

a dowser's ghost story

By Terra Summers

Opening the tall French doors into the sunlight and walking out onto the third-floor veranda was such a relief after the hustle and bustle of traveling to get to our room at the Crescent Hotel. The ASD conference activities would start in a few hours, and though I looked forward to meeting my fellow dowsers, I also treasured my moment’s peace. As I leaned against the iron railing, I sighed with renewed freshness at the spectacular countryside view of the woodsy rolling hills of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. What a beautiful day at this late-nineteenth century hotel! Spring was definitely in the air along with a hint of a musty smell of something very old. As I lazily gazed down at the neatly trimmed lawn and aged old stone courtyard below, a strange sensation of falling or jumping came across my awareness. I knew enough to know it wasn’t me and opened my mind’s eye to what other sensations were around.

Very faintly I thought I heard a band playing and someone singing, “By the Light of the Silvery Moon,” when to and behold, to my left sat a slightly transparent, elderly lady dressed in full-length loungewear of ivory and pale green. Her gray hair was piled tight to her head in a bun. Around her neck lay a very long string of pearls that came down almost to knees. With a twinkle in her eye she smiled, “Everything is going to work out wonderfully for you.” I couldn’t help but smile back and think, ‘I didn’t know ghosts were psychic.’ She put her hands together and glipped, “Oh we have our connections.” A quick laugh slipped out from under my breath As I observed her. She seemed to be amused that someone could actually listen to her.

Curious I asked her name. Though names seem to come in a bit scrambled telepathically, I believe she said “Mathilda.” She continued, “In 1947, I fell to my death over that very railing. It doesn’t matter whether I slipped or was nudged. The details are too messy to mention. The point is I made a promise. It is to my promise that I am responsible. So, I am here waiting.”

Something about her shied me from asking details of this promise. Thoughtfully, I excused myself to catch up with my friends. Thinking on the way she was too kind, wise and peaceful, though a bit sad, to be grounded here among some, shall we say, more flamboyant spirits (according to the reputation of this hotel). Definitely not the tampering type of entity I expected to find at this ghost-renowned place. Casually, at dinner, I mentioned her to my partner. He, being a bit bolder that I, suggested we go and find out if there was anything we could do for her. Off we went back to our room on the third floor with a few dowser friends in tow. As usual my partner asked the questions and I just listened and relayed replies both from Mathilda and the place of universal knowledge. As it turned out, the promise was one of true love.

Fateful night in 1947, Mathilda had agreed to a secret rendezvous outside her room, on the third-floor veranda, at half past nine with her beloved, a gentleman named Walter. Both Walter and Mathilda were widowed and in their sixties. Because their children were very jealous of their inheritances, Walter and Mathilda had kept their meetings private. Joyfully waiting, Mathilda was waltzing around to the music of a band playing off in the distance, “By the Light of the Silvery Moon.” Just as the clock chimed half past nine Mathilda had a mishap, or maybe other spirits interfered and she slipped, flipping over the railing. Seconds later Walter arrived and discovered her pearls strewn everywhere. She had fallen three floors to her death. Devastated he ran. He ran not only for losing his beloved but also fearing he would be accused of murder. He never spoke of the incident and died two years later of a broken heart.

Mathilda was a bit shocked when she realized Walter had come to her hotel room more than fifty years ago and had actually passed on. She had no concept of time. To her everything was momentary-endlessly momentary. She hadn’t thought to ask, when or if he might come. She only knew he would.

Mathilda’s stature straightened as my partner began asking the universe what became of Walter. It Seems that Walter had been reborn twice since his death in 1949. The first time, as a little child, he died of a weak heart. However, he is alive now as a five-year old boy with three parents. I could hear Mathilda say, “What!?” I explained his parents were divorced and arguing a lot. Walter was quite upset over the situation and dealing with a lot of despair.

Since it had been requested, by the hotel not to do clearings, due to the shenanigans of the ghosts being of monetary interest, we decided to ask the ‘powers that be’ if they would bring Walter and even his parents to the Crescent Hotel as soon as appropriate. We dowsed ‘Yes.’ After the dowsing procedure, Mathilda did the silliest thing. She started jumping up and down like a child. Only with her slightly overweight ghostly body it had the added effect of her bosom freely flapping under her smooth-fitting gown. I guess they didn’t wear bras in those days! But she didn’t care. Clapping her hands, she was just happy Walter was coming.

Later, on the last day of our trip, we found out that for the few ghosts who wished to leave it was OK to clear them, but someone else had already done the clearing. On contacting Mathilda again, she said she found out how much Walter needed her now. So she had gone on to the other side of the veil called death to where she could be of more help to her true love. However, she requested things remain as they are, in that someday Walter and Mathilda would meet at the Crescent Hotel again, so they could keep their promise and share in their veranda at half past nine, with the soft music playing, “By the Light of the Silvery Moon,” they would have the rendezvous they wished for so long ago.

One last thing Mathilda had to say about it all, “Beware the mischievous pranks of the two brothers.” She never did say who they were. But then that’s another story- a ghost story- of course.

“Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose there are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.”

-Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

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Dowsing the Ohio Serpent Mound

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:00:00 GMT

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

OCTOBER '25 NEWSLETTER FEATURED ARTICLE

ASD DIGEST
VOLUME 21, NO.1 FEBRUARY 1981

In the August 1980 issue of this journal, archaeologist Clark Hardman's map of the unique pre-Columbian structure known as the Ohio Serpent Mound, was printed (see small inset). Two sets of questions about it were addressed to readers:

1) Are there any water domes associated with the mound?

If so, how many, and where are they located

2) Are there leys (ley lines) associated with the mound?

If so, how many, and where are they located?

The Ohio Dowsers Chapter, led by Richey Liming, volunteered to collate the answers which have been summarized as follows:Twelve replies were mailed in from seven states and Canada, including a beautiful drawing from western artist, Ralph Johnson of Duncan, Arizona.
Seven of the twelve respondents found a = water dome beneath the center of the "egg," which the serpent is said to be swallowing (see larger inset). Eight found a dome under the center of the coiled "tail." Two more respondents found a dome nearly at the center of the serpent's "head," but not within its tail. Of the two remaining respondents, one found a dome just west of the egg and one found no domes at all.

After comparing these results of map dowsing with dowsing at the actual site by members of the Ohio Dowsers Chapter in 1978, it was felt that first prize for the map dowsing effort should go to Guy Hockett, of Alamo, California, who located four of the eight domes the on-site dowsers believed they had pin-pointed on a cold, blustery November day in 1978.One who was present adds: "It seemed to us that the structure had been designed to correlate with underground water in that, not only were the egg and tail precisely centered over water domes but, at each bend of the serpent's body there was a small subterranean spring not visible from the surface—a wholly remarkable circumstance, if correct."

It is further noted that ten of the twelve respondents pinpointed one, or more, leys running through the egg—three in all—under a lovely, old red-bud tree and passing directly over the large dome mentioned as having been located in seven of the twelve replies.This exercise, and its implications, may be of more than passing interest to dowsers, especially, those drawn to the activities of such bodies researching ancient sites as the New England Antiquities Research Association (NEARA), the Early Sites Research Society, the Epigraphic Society, and others.

We thank all who participated in this exercise for their time and energy, and especially Richey Liming, for his help in collating the material.

—T. E. R.

"The constant presence of underground water at the exact centers of these circles and earthworks is a significant feature easily verified by others. If this is allowed to be intentional, then the selection of sites for consecration) by the Druids and their predecessors no longer appears arbitrary but dictated largely by geological conditions”. —Reginald Allender Smith,

authority on the Stone Age, Keeper of British and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum, and Director of the Society of Antiquaries, before the British Society of Dowsers, 1939.

"As dowsers know, the course of underground streams or of magnetic flow is not naturally straight; they spiral and undulate like surface rivers or currents of air. Yet the currents that follow prehistoric alignments are as direct and regular below ground as are the leys on the surface”.

—John Michell in "The View over Atlantis", 1969.

Map by Hardman, an archaeologist, Los Angeles, 1979.
Water and leys dowsed by Ross and members of ASD at conference held on site,
November 1978.

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Dowsing Skill Builder: Card Sharp

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Dowsing Skill Builder:

Card Sharp

Dowsing is a skill and like any skill dowsing requires practice. Begin using dowsing with purposeful practice by using dowsing exercises everyday to build your senses and confidence. Improve the accuracy of your dowsing by using the Card Sharp Exercise:

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NEEDED: AN ORDINARY DECK OF CARDS

1. Shuffle the cards

2. Holding the deck with the back of the cards facing you where you cannot see the face, suit or color

3. Chose four cards laying each card Face down in front of you

4. Point to a card and using your dowsing system/toll ask the Question:

Is this card a face card? (King, Queen, etc.)

If the answer is YES

Move the card WITHOUT looking at it to the LEFT

If the answer is NO

Move the card WITHOUT looking at it to the RIGHT

Repeat with all four cards

Remember you may only have one pile

5. Now dowse the cards from one pile or piles at a time and using your dowsing system/tool ask the Question:

Is this card RED?

TURN the card over

Note if the face and color matched your dowsing

Repeat until you have dowsed any and all piles

6. Journal the results

7.Repeat this exercise and Journaling for twelve more days

8. After completing all thirteen days total your results

80% or Above EXCELLENT (This is the percentage you are working towards)

79% to 65% GREAT

64%-55% WELL above statistical "chance"

Keep practicing! The more you dowse the better you will get at it!

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Creating a Labyrinth is creating a sacred space. It is what our ancestors did thousands of years ago, it is what they have done in every civilization and culture throughout human history.

Many times someone will walk out of the Labyrinth with the answer they needed.

The 3- Curcuit Labyrinth (which is the center of the 7-Curcuit) relates to the Trinity in all its incarnations.Creating your own Labyrinth is a wonderful co-creative process that can lead you to greater spiritual connection to all of creation and help you on your own personal journey.

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a dowser's ghost story

By Terra Summers

Mathilda was a bit shocked when she realized Walter had come to her hotel room more than fifty years ago and had actually passed on. She had no concept of time. To her everything was momentary-endlessly momentary. She hadn’t thought to ask, when or if he might come. She only knew he would.

One last thing Mathilda had to say about it all, “Beware the mischievous pranks of the two brothers.” She never did say who they were. But then that’s another story- a ghost story- of course.

“Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose there are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.”

-Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

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The 3- Curcuit Labyrinth (which is the center of the 7-Curcuit) relates to the Trinity in all its incarnations.
Creating your own Labyrinth is a wonderful co-creative process that can lead you to greater spiritual connection to all of creation and help you on your own personal journey.

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Map by Hardman, an archaeologist, Los Angeles, 1979.
Water and leys dowsed by Ross and members of ASD at conference held on site,
November 1978.